TIME Magazine Michael Jackson Commemorative Issue June 2009
Celebrities llike Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, Jesse Jackson, Clive Davis, Al Sharpton, and Kobe Bryant have penned touching tributes to The King Of Pop for a special commemorative issue of Time Magazine, hitting newsstands on Monday, June 29.
The stars are opening up about the death of Michael Jackson and the mark he has made on pop culture over the past four decades.
Michael Jackson passed away Thursday afternoon after a suspected cardiac arrest. He was 50.
Kobe, star of the reigning NBA champs The Los Angeles Lakers, remembered the musician as a “genuinely nice person” who offered to open his famous Neverland Ranch for the athlete’s wedding to wife Vanessa Bryant.
“One of the things he always told me was don’t be afraid to be different. He’s saying: ‘It’s OK to be that driven, it’s OK to be obsessed with what you want to do. That’s perfectly fine.’”
He added, “I remember my fiancee and I telling him we were getting married, and him just being really excited, and actually just offering up the ranch to have our wedding there, because privacy was going to be an issue….We wanted to get married in a church, so that’s what we wound up doing. But he made the offer.”
JC Chasez, who performed with Michael as a boy bander in *NSYNC, wrote: “He was doing vocal drills for an hour before he went out. It’s not something that magically appeared on him, the guy worked hard for it. 40 years old, and the guy is warming up for an hour before every show. He wanted to give that audience the best he had.”
John Mayer: “As a musician, the man was one of the purest substances ever in music,” he wrote. “But it’s frustrating, and somewhat pointless, to ever try and figure out how Michael Jackson arrived at an album like ‘Thriller’ and how you could arrive at something like it. It’s impossible. I mean it’s one of those things you actually don’t want to bring up to musicians because they don’t want to remember that that kind of greatness is achievable, because it skews the entire bell curve completely.”
Other celebs included in the commemorative issue are: Nancy Reagan, Lenny Kravitz, Jesse Jackson, Tommy Mottola, Berry Gordy, Spike Lee, Sheryl Crow, Anjelica Huston, Deepak Chopra, Lance Bass, Oscar De La Hoya, Savion Glover, A.R. Rahman, Peter Gabriel, and more.
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On July 1st 2009, Nj wrote:
Hey…I got my copy of the Time Magazine Special commemorative issue of Michael Jackson from Magazine Cafe. Their online website is http://www.magazinecafestore.com.
I hope it helps all the Jackson fans like me!
On July 2nd 2009, heather wrote:
I was actually very angry after reading this issue.. I love michael jackson and have always been a fan and supporter and could not believe how time portrayed him. Towards the end of his life durring his trials, they actually posted a big shot of his face on the stand (every one knows the one, with the band aid on his nose) and next to it in huge letters on the other page they call him JACKO. HE HATED THAT. Why would you pick such a horrible and negative picture and play along with the nasty things the media has always said about him.. we should remember him for his greatness, not the horrible things the press said, and false accusations people made against him.
This is def. an issue I am dissapointed in.
The man IS a legend, a great entertainer, singer and humanitarian. A person who gave and gave and gave.. remember him for THAT.
On July 3rd 2009, jen wrote:
i live in mississauga ontario
\ALL the time magazines sold out here immediately. the only store left sellign them wouldnt give it to me because they had not yet scanned them in their system.. i was pissed.
anyways.. is there any way for me to get a copy of this magazine any other way?? or will they be refilling the stands?? please let me know!
On July 3rd 2009, Emily wrote:
Heather – I absolutely agree with you. I bought the magazine today and I could not believe how they portrayed him with the picture and JACKO written beside his picture. I came home to search for any blogs about this because I think it was terrible of TIME magazine. He was a wonderful person with such a sweet heart!
On July 8th 2009, michael Gargiulo wrote:
Michael is a genius and a gift from God who will be missed so much. Thanks for everything you’ve given us Michael. We didn’t deserve you.
On July 9th 2009, Susan B wrote:
Time Magazine did NOT offer this issue to regular subscribers and did not include much coverage about Michael Jackson’s death in the regular issues.
Time is no longer a news magazine.
On July 14th 2009, Tracie Richardson wrote:
I’m so glad I read the comments here! I just spent about 30 minutes going to different stores trying to find the Time Commenorative Issue of Michael Jackson. I don’t want to spend my $$$ on an issue that is not favorable towards him. I will by People’s or Life’s special issue instead! BTW: I bet Time didn’t portray Princess Diana as an adulterer when she died did they????