And now Fred Travalena (sp?) is dead. One of the best comic impersonators of the 80's and 90's. Bad week to be a celebrity.
As far as Michael Jackson is concerned, he was really the first Black singer to crossover to the mainstream White audience. Oh sure the Temptations, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and others did to a degree, but Michael was the first one who completely crossed over in to pop mainstream. He was THE man until the time he had that horrific experience with his hair catching on fire and subsequent burning, it seemed like his career went downhill after that.
RIP.
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