And the Circus Came to Town - Twice

While basically a baseball blog which I have been to busy to regularly post to; I do at times feel the need to comment on news notes.

Like many I was surprised at the death of Michael Jackson on June 25. However I did not drop to my knees and cry hysterically. He was another death of a celebrity. In death like in life Michael courted the bizarre. As a child he was truly gifted, a prodigy for his advanced musical and performing talents. As an adult he seemed disturbed. Whether he reverted mentally to be a child as an adult or was suffering from the drugs and other mental health issues, he was still talented beyond most performers.

Drugs can change the addict's behavior and personality. I have witnessed that firsthand with members of my own family. Clearly much of the bizarre that surrounded the adult Michael Jackson can be credited to his drug addiction.

In the end, the talented performed died of drug overdose. No one can deny he was talented, but not many have brought to light that had he not been abusing drugs, he mights still be alive.

In death as in life Michael was the showman. Fitting his funeral and memorial turned into a circus, Michael's last 20 years were also much of a circus, often overshadowing his accomplishments and talent. Even more fitting as the wer holding Michael's memeorial today in the Staple Center, tomorow they will opening the real circus. Ringling Bros's opens Wednesday at the Staple Center.

Michaell had talent, but what I tell my young relatives, is all the talent in the world can't help you when you are on drugs. He was a genius and he was a drug addict; and in the end the drugs killed him. Another talented life wrecked by drug abuse.