Love Isn't About Something Else

I do not pay much attention to celebrities. To me, a celebrity by definition is a person famous for being famous. But I will admit to feeling very sad when I learned of the death of Michael Jackson.

As a journalist, I'm trained to be skeptical. In that sense, I always remained skeptical about everything I heard or read about this man -- good or bad.

But, as a human being and a father, I have learned to trust my feelings when a child speaks. Today, at the memorial for her father, the words of his 11-year-old daughter truly broke my heart.

How awful to lose your father at that age. How magnificent to be able to share your ineffable loss on a stage in front of 20,000 people. I suppose it's in the genes.

But be that as it may, I cried. You will too. Click on the headline of this post and scroll down to see the clip. Or just cut and paste this link:

http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/stopthepresses/54003/buzz-log-the-most-memorable-moments-from-the-michael-jackson-memorial/

You may wish to have some tissues at hand before you view it, and that is a good thing.

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