Michael Jackson is dead. In case you haven’t heard, the king of pop died from a heart attack in a Los Angeles hospital this afternoon. The news tonight though isn’t just about his death – it is about the death of a part of an icon of global culture known from Swaziland to Stann Creek, Pyongyang, North Korea to Punta Gorda, Toledo. And no matter how you felt about the king of pop, good bad or indifferent, we’ll bet you knew at least one song: whether it was Billy Jean, Thriller, We are the World, or Off the Wall for those old schoolers. And in Belize City, where we were moonwalking down the Alberts in the 80’s his sudden passing was all the talk in the city. This evening we hit downtown to get reaction about his death.
Woman #1,
“I just heard it myself an hour ago and it was a bit exciting to hear that he just died but such is life.”
Keith Swift,
What was your favourite song?
Woman #1,
“My favourite song was just beat it.”
Man #1,
“My brother honestly the whole thing with Michael Jackson is the amount of plastic surgery he was doing, it was just a matter of time before it happened. My condolences go out to his family but they are set for life.”
Keith Swift,
What was you favourite Michael Jackson song?
Man #1,
“Thriller. I mi like the music but the man could have kept his same skin colour and he could have kept his body that God gave him but he did the plastic surgery and what not.”
Man #2,
“The man dead? I didn’t know that. Everybody has to dead.”
Keith Swift,
What was your favourite Michael Jackson song?
Man #2,
“Thriller.”
Keith Swift,
What was your favourite Michael Jackson song?
Man #3,
“Beat it.”
Woman #2,
“I’m sorry. I think he was a great entertainer.”
Keith Swift,
What was your favourite song?
Woman #2,
“Hard to say, at my age it was probably ‘Ben’ and you probably don’t even know that one.”
Jackson was set to play a string of sold out show in the UK this summer.
