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Randy moves to Hayvenhurst with Alejandra and their children Genevieve and Randy Jr.
January 01 : Back at his hotel room from last night’s performance at the Tokyo Dome, Michael spends some time with Japanese artist Kenji Koga about his plans for ‘Wonder World of Toys’. A few hours later, MJ goes to Narita airport for a flight back to Los Angeles.
Early January : Back from Japan, Michael celebrates his first Christmas at Neverland with Elizabeth Taylor & her husband Larry Fortensky.
Michael invites the Cascio family (Dominic, Connie, Frank, Eddie, Dominic, Marie Nicole & Aldo) to Neverland for the first time). They soon become regular guests until 2004.
January 9 : Michael and Oprah Winfrey make a photoshoot together to promote their upoming TV Special for ABC.
Michael starts rehearsing for his upcoming American Music Aards and Superbowl performances.
January 16 : Michael attends the NAACP Image Awards with Katherine at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena. He gives a speech upon being awarded the 25th Silver Anniversary Entertainer of the Year Award following a tribute performance of “Will You Be There” by Patti Labelle & gospel singer Daryl Coley. Michael sings with the group as a finale
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Hey, did you hear that Michael Jackson died?
By Tom Lynch
Most of the tributes I’ve been reading about Michael Jackson’s stunning death have offered the same sort of message—that it’s so shocking, so unbelievable, because his existence and being was so supernatural and abnormal, no one could imagine him suddenly dying from a heart attack. A hospital? C’mon. Your first thought would’ve been that he was rushed to the moon or something.The longer Michael Jackson lived the less human he seemed—and, of course, looked—and his life had become such an absurd, grotesque tragedy, who knows what would’ve happened to him if he lived for another twenty or thirty years. It wouldn’t be unfair to assume he wouldn’t have produced accomplished music again—seriously, what was the last good Michael Jackson record?
That said, he touched the lives of hundreds of millions of people, including my own. I heard a rumor that last night in Wicker Park an impromptu MJ dance party broke out in the parking lot of the old Burger King and no one tried to break it up. I hope that’s true. That’s the least we could do for the fallen King of Pop.
When news broke of his death the world stopped its collective moonwalk—even the fucking Weather Channel s