stefan.chirila PHOTOGRAPHY - Kitchener Waterloo Portrait Photographer: Michael Jackson Homage

I drove over to visit my friend Marko today when I stopped on the side of the road to change the disk on the car's CD player when the radio went on and I heard the sad news that today, Thursday June 25th 2009, the Prince of POP, Michael Jackson, suffered a cardiac arrest and was in a Los Angeles hospital and rumoured to have passed away.

Later on today the rumour has been confirmed. The world has indeed lost one of its legends. Michael, you will be missed by all who appreciate good music, and all who value the history of the humongously socially shaping phenomenon that has been pop music. May you find the peace and quiet that this world has denied you! May you rest in peace.

-- Michael Jackson

Apparently, a discovery[dot]com publication explains how Michael Jackson was also the owner of a patent for a special kind of shoe, which allows a person to hook them into the stage in order to lean forward way farther than one's center of gravity. The original link to the article is here: http://blogs.discovery.com/news_tech/2009/06/michael-jackson-had-a-patent.html

You can see a video which demonstrated this feat here: