Michael Jackson's death: Strange Facts

Two days ago the SABC reported that at the time of his death, Michael JacksonMichael Jackson, only weighed 51 kgs and wore a wig.

For someone who spent a great deal of money to look more and more like Diana RossDiana Ross, and whose outward appearance was so important, this is an interesting fact. He was more than six feet tall, therefore his weight would indicate that he was severely emaciated. It is unlikely that he was able to alter the structure of his own hair in any way and, since he was Black, this hair would not normally have disappeared to the point where he had to wear a wig. Could it be that he was suffering from some severe disease?

We shall just have to wait for the results of the autopsy in order to have these questions answered.

In the meantime, we should be aware of the fact that, while in life he was pilloried by the press in later years (for debt, for child molestation etc), in death he has once again become a star. Like so many who went before him, he was the victim of his own public and the agents who ran his life. We all asked for more and more until in the end he had nothing more to give.

It seems that, like so many celebrities, he came to rely on uppers to see him through the day, and downers to give him sleep at night. In the end it may well have been these drugs which were his downfall.

All that can be said at this stage is: Michael, rest in peace – you deserve it!