MICHAEL WAS MY FRIEND!!! HE WAS A VERY GOOD FRIEND AND I WAS TO HIM. I MISS HIM EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! For nearly 26 years, we kept each other from falling apart, make each other laugh, cry and laugh more. He was a significant part of my life even after I left California.
I bought out a theater so all my staff could see "This is It" and then bought 50 more tickets to give to the people around the community where I work that would not be able to see him in the wonder of I-max. He was nearly 51 and those young dancers didn't have anything above and beyond Michael; although he constantly worried if he could keep up. God Bless you my Dear Friend! Your children are safe and sound and I will watch over them forever.....

I'm a fan because he was my friend too. He was a wonderful man and Father. He could turn 75,000 people into a screaming frenzy by using his beautiful voice and dance.
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However, Michael Jackson wasn't just the greatest entertainer of my time; he was a man with the same spectrum of feelings everyone has. He loved everyone. He had the purest heart I've ever seen.

In 1984, I happened to be on call when the hospital was notified that Michael had been burned badly during a commercial take for Pepsi. I am no one special; not a celebrity figure or entertainer but I am a human being who saw another human being in trouble, so I did what was necessary to help this man who needed me and many others to help him through a devastating crisis. We became instant friends and he trusted me from the get-go. We kept in close contact for 26 years and our friendship never ceased because he trusted me when other's betrayed him.

He was an amazing entertainer and I was lucky to see him perform on stage many times and it was the stage where he had no boundaries. He was the best at everything he did and all anyone has to do is listen to his beautiful voice inside his songs and immediately know he was a Gift from God! I admired his God given gifts of song and dance; however, I appreciated his delightful and childlike demeanor inside the man I knew. He was wonderfully shy and funny; we laughed constantly. He was also the most perfect gentleman the world could ever ask for.

I saw him through many hardships down the path to becoming the Undisputed "King of Pop" and a nightmarish tragedy created by the media when he reached the summit of that mountain but he knew he could always count on me as a friend.

I have a lifetime of memories with pictures and video of him at his home and mine with my children in the earlier years and his children in the latter years.

I want to extend my hand to Mrs. Jackson, Prince, Paris and Blanket. He was a wonderful Father, friend, son and brother. I would do nearly anything for Michael and will always be around the corner to help his children if they ever want to know what I know about him. For now, they are in the very best of hands with their Grandmother.

God Bless you and may you rest now, My Dear Friend. I am honored to have known you and we'll meet again.

T M.M.MD