Wilcock on Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcet deaths

[Anchor]

http://divinecosmos.com/index.php?op...=479&Itemid=70

A SYNCHRONICITY FOR THE WORLD

What does it mean when the "It Girl" of the 70s, whose feathered, bouffant hairdo defined an entire decade, died after a long and publicized battle with cancer — only to have a major 70s child star and the biggest star of the 80s, the "King of Pop," pass mere hours later — in a completely unexpected event that shocked the world?

Is this merely a product of ‘random’ timing between the two deaths? Mere hours apart?

Most people are open-minded, but still would say they are ‘skeptical’ when something like this happens. There cannot be any greater meaning when the biggest female 70s icon and the biggest male 80s icon die in Los Angeles within hours of each other.

It’s just "Happenstance". Within a few more news cycles, all will be forgotten.

Does it matter that the young, innocent lead singer of the Jackson 5 helped make mainstream America much more comfortable with people of color in the 1970s?

Is it relevant that his stratospheric success with "Thriller" broke the veritable ‘glass ceiling’ on MTV surrounding black musicians, who up until then were getting very little, if any, airplay at all?

Is there significance in the fact that a pin-up photograph of Farrah Fawcett from 1976 was the highest dollar-earning portrait of a woman in known history, making her — for a time — the darling of the media elite?

Should we look at the fact that Michael was a very talented man who also became arguably the greatest money-maker for the media elites of all time — the best-selling album of all time being only a small part of the incredible profit stream he created?

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[Humble Janitor]

An interesting read that proposes some interesting concepts. I think he nailed the part about putting people on a pedestal and turning on them when they don't live up to expectations (sound familiar, anyone?).

[DoctorWho]

What about Ed McMahon? He completes this triad of celebrity passings. They always seem to go in threes.
Bill "the Doctor"