Michael Jackson's Star
I landed in Los Angeles on June 25, one hour after Michael Jackson was declared dead. Hell broke loose in the entertainment capital of the world and a media feeding frenzy began. It was actually not very different from what would have happened here had any Indian icon with a controversial life died young. Since family and people who probably knew Jackson well were incommunicado in the immediate aftermath of his death, network and cable stations vied with each other to grab anyone who had the remotest connection to Jackson. One "friend", a minor musician who confessed he had fallen out with the rock star some years ago, was on three cable stations. A former agent, former lawyer, former doctors, musicians who may have played with him, actors who got parts in his videos, psychologists, analysts, plastic surgeons who dissected his facial transformations and journalists who covered his concerts, all had their moment in the sun speculating about the great music and dance and the bizarre life of Michael Jackson.