I guess I’ll join in the fray and write about MJ ‘s untimely death. Or is it really so untimely? How long would one realistically expect to live considering the toxic milieu of opiates and anesthetics allegedly floating in his blood stream? All this is very familiar for those who where around when Elvis met a similar demise. For those of you still in the womb in 1976 (or was it 1977), not so familiar. I remember the news reports streaming day and night. Long lines and throngs of neurotic fans converged in front of draped ironed gates at Graceland in Memphis. Constant TV coverage erupted. I remember reading at the time that a nurse slipped a note to his physician who was seeing another patient with encrypted abbreviations that read, ” EP DOA in ER”. He knew immediately what had happened. Another “king” goes down with analgesics and sleeping pills coursing through his veins. And now “Neverland” will be “Foreverland” as throngs of worshipers will make the pilgrimage to the sprawling memorial built by the king himself. A modern day “Graceland.” Twitter, Facebook, text messages, cable 24/7 coverage makes this ceremony even more memorable as we watch the teddy bears, ribbons, and candles erected in front of the iron gates of Neverland.
And don’t forget Heath Ledger and Anna Nicole Smith, Mama Cass, Janis Joplin, J. Henrix, and many others. What is so strikingly familiar is the host of enablers that surrounded the Hollywood media stars, including the “king” of rock and roll and the “king” of pop. Doctors, friends, family, nurses, personal attorneys all knew the dire situation with both the troubled EP and MJ. Amazingly, all seemingly paralyzed, unable or unwilling to try and stop the death spiral. Crash. Gifted, talented, performers tragically and suddenly expunged from life as we know it. Who will be next? It’s only a matter of time. Hopefully, the Hollywood, Music, Stage, star idols who have friends, family who struggle with addictions will be bold enough and loving enough to stage an intervention and perhaps prevent other tragedies from happening before the irreparable crash occurs. What about you? Know anyone struggling with deadly addictions?
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