Michael Jackson dead at 50

[dennis]

i think chuck berry sold records to mostly white people and johnny mathis did too. lots of cross overs to main stream america long b4 michael jackson. he was enormously popular when selling records was at its peak....the 80's. i think the allegations of child molestation damaged his career just a little.

[barrysloate]

Also Gale Storm died, known to baby boomers from "My Little Margie." Must be something in the air.

[jmk59]

And I'm going to be interested to see if they tie Billy Mays' sudden and unexplained death to cracking his head during the rough USAirways landing at Tampa International the day before.

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[Doug]

I've heard Billy Mays a few time on radio interviews and he always sounded like a legitimately really happy guy. Losing all of these people in a row just really sucks...

[Rob D.]

Even as someone who has grown tired of ESPN's constant self-promotion, I found this commercial with Mays funny:

[rdwyer]

Just in: He had a heart attack. So sad.