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As of the time I'm writing this, the LA Times is confirming that Michael Jackson has died.
This is a sad on for me because I have a personal connection to it.
Michael Jackson's death is striking me a little harder than the average celeb death on many levels.
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At the rendezvous at the Galleria Oaks Hotel, I got to meet him along with the contest winner and my friend Ernest Carswell. Ernest and I used to win a lot of money off those photos in junior high school from peeps who assumed we were lying about doing so.
I still have the autographed pics at my parents house.
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It was also a sense of immense pride to many African-Americans that an R&B artist blew up to become a household name around the world, thanks to Quincy Jones' composing genius and his immense talent.
You were a once in a generation performer, and you will be missed.
RIP Michael.
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