My dear friend Michael Jackson…
Michael was a dear friend and a
consummate professional.
This was the most exciting collaboration of my life with a man who has inspired
me like no other.
He will be deeply missed. I am terribly sad.
We had a 25 year friendship.
This is all too much to comprehend.
This was the world’s greatest performer and the world will miss him.
My heart goes out to his family and fans.
-Kenny Ortega
Michael Jackson’s partner in the creating,
producing and directing of the
THIS IS IT Concert Series
Our thoughts are with you, his family children and fans.
RIP Michael Jackson I love you forever, you are an angel in heaven. I hope you now find the peace that you always craved in this world now in heaven.
I am very very sad tonight and a part of me shall always remain sad.
Murtaza
Kenny,
I am sorry for your loss of a good friend. Michael’s music will go on for many generations.
God Bless,
sharon
This news has come as a huge and saddening shock. Michael’s friends, family and fans across the world are collectively mourning the passing of such a wonderful and selfless human being.
Sadly, my dream – like those of so many others – was so close yet so far, but the important thing to me is to celebrate the life that Michael had and what he chose to do with it. I wish to hold him up high as an example to all; representative of what we should all strive for in ourselves.
This is a very sad time. My heart goes out to every other fan, to Michael’s family, in particular his children, to Kenny too; we are all hurting.
Michael was unique and truly special. He had a connection with all those with open hearts. His fans were (are) loyal and we defended (and will continue to defend) him always for we bonded with him beyond the artistry.
Michael: You will live on in all of us. We love you. I love you.
I was hoping that one day I will share this poem with Michael Jackson…with a genius who has been my inspiration since I was 9…I wrote this poem a week ago….
To dear Michael from Jelena….
Be free and be strong
Be calm and be turbulent
Be honest and truthful
Creative and innocent
Keep speaking through music
And dance out the pain
You show us the beauty and evil of men
We hurt you and punish
We praise you and love
You make us believe
That the world can survive
You are the main victim of human dismay
You gave up your freedom
And we are to blame
Why are we so selfish?
And why can’t we see
That you are a human
That needs to be free
The freedom from flashes
And freedom from words
That probably cut you
Like million of swords
Oh, please, Dear Michael
Forgive each of us
For being so selfish
And thank you for love!
Hi Kenny ortega
I am very sad of die michael, im big fan you and michael jackson
im brazilian,
im cry, because no show of michael, with you
você é o melhor!!! (you is better)
hugs!
Rafael Medeiros – Campinas – São Paulo – Brazil
this is so unbelieveble and should not have happened michael was no dount the one and only king of pop nobody in this world will ever come near hinm in the farest
i ve been a fan for more then 35 yrs have his music and items all over the place and my little boy now 9 also adores michael and his music he comes home from his institute today i m gonna have to tell him
when i think of mikes familie those lovely kids how tell them daddy is not coming home anymore
i love you more michael forever ever and beyond
in my heart you will live on as in the hearts of all your millions of fans and on first place familie kids and friends
we will meet in heaven then i can tell you how much you meant to me down here
I can’t find words… Everything is so shoking. I can just think to the family of Michael and his Children…
I’m sad to the thought that Michael won’t be able to see to grow up his Children.
You born Star and Star You Became
On Death
“Kahlil Gibran”
You would know the secret of death.
But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?
The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light.
If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond;
And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.
Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.
Your fear of death is but the trembling of the shepherd when he stands before the king whose hand is to be laid upon him in honour.
Is the shepherd not joyful beneath his trembling, that he shall wear the mark of the king?
Yet is he not more mindful of his trembling?
For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?
And what is it to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered?
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing.
And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.
And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance.
Kenny
I am deeply sadden. He was family to me
I share in your loss and grief over the loss
of our dear sweet Michael _ God bless (hugs)
i ve loved you since i was a girl now 35 yrs your music was there when i was ill and hairless as a teenager and in 1989 when i was after bein taken by a psychopaticrapist in hospital with broken facial bones it helped me fight in times where taken a few more pills and giving up was easier to do./when my boy now 9 was taken to the institute your fans send him a enormous teddybear about as big as he was he still sleeps with it and a card his own size with wonderfull messages he still cherises it
since i m ill again with lungemfyema and more seeing you on stage was my only wish and this was about to happen on jul 22nd i was going to give you my little golden angel pin whihc is meant to pass from mum to daughter so since i have no girls i wanted you to pass it on may be i just mail it to your mum to pass to paris instead
i will love you more forever and beyond and i trulky believe that one day soon i finally will meet you sitting in the presents of god and his angels
HE DIED HAPPY
Happy to go back to dance
Happy to go back to sing
Happy to see that the fight was not over
Happy to put at stake his life to come back
Happy because her children would have seen Michael Jackson
Happy because his fans would have seen Michael Jackson
Happy because he would have seen her fans
Happy so that life continued to smile at him
Happy also smile of death
Happy to be able to forgive those who hurt him
Happy to have tried to help those who were not well
Happy to have had many friends
Happy to have had few enemies
Happy to believe that he made few errors
Happy to believe that he has done many good things
Happy to have been Michael Jackson
Hi MJ
love ram
Kenny…HUGSSSSSSS
I can very well imagine how you are feeling because i feel that part of me died with Michael.
Michael saved me in 1995 from dying,
Michael allowed me to meet wonderful people,and even my boyfriend.
Michael will always live inside my heart,because the day i forget him,is the day i am death.
I still can’t believwe this happened.
I can’t eat..i can’t sleep…i never imagined this would happen so soon…It hurts so much!
Kenny…thank you for everything you did for Michael.He seemed so happy.
God bless you.
God bless the jackson family and all the fans around the world!
KENNY, YOUR WORLD HAS CRASHED IN A DIFFERENT WAY TO THE REST OF US. YOU WERE THE CREATOR OF THE MAGIC OF MICHAEL, THE SHOW THAT WOULD TAKE OUR BREATHS AWAY AND BE THE TALK OF ALL WHO COULD BE THERE, AND THE MILLIONS WHO COULDN’T.
YOUR CREATION WAS TO BE THE MOST AMAZING THING EVER SEEN ON LIVE STAGE FOR A ROCK CONCERT. I WATCHED THE DANCE REHERSALS. I HAVE THE PICTURE OF YOU WITH MICHAEL LOOKING THROUGH THE LARGE VIDEO CAMERA IN MYSPACE SITE. YOU ARE BOTH SO HAPPY.
I WAS AT HISTORY TOUR IN AUCKLAND,AND I KNEW THIS WOULD BE THE CREME DE LA CREME OF ALL HIS CONCERTS, THE ONE TO LEAVE US OVERWHELMED SO THAT WE BEGGED FOR MORE.
YOUR CREATION, ALONG WITH MICHAEL EXPLODED MID AIR, THE PAIN OF THAT WOULD BE UNIMAGINABLE.
How can it hurt so much when someone you’ve never met dies?
True artists inspire both joy and pain it seems.
How you must grieve as someone who knew that artist so well.
Our hearts grieve with you.
Well, its been seven weeks now, but it feels like yesterday. I still find it hard to comprehend that Michael has gone. One moment I was surfing through a thread on an MJ fansite, excited about ‘This Is It’ just being round the corner. The next thing the site crashed and five minutes later, aware of what was happening I was praying and begging God for his life.
Who had other plans.
That night (I am european) I will never forget as long as I live. Time just stopped.
What remains is an empty hole in my heart, raw and bleeding, which will heal in time but certainly ache forever.
Michael’s music has been a part of my life for a good thirty years, since I was ten years old. Ever since I first heard him sing on the radio and was mesmerized by his voice. I am married, have three kids, am busy and very level headed. But when it comes to MJ I am emotional, because there is noone who has touched my emotions so much by his music. And there is noone whom I respect so much for his steadfast caring, dedication and passion for children and making our world a better place.
After the hell he had been through in recent years I was more than thrilled to see him announce his return to the stage. After everything they put him through he still had that nerve! He has to be the gutsiest bloke I ever saw. In the months leading up to what should have been the concerts, I had the feeling that we were seeing the ‘old’ Michael returning. And us fans were cheering him on from the sidelines, dying to see him get back up there with confidence and a cheeky smile.
So it wasn’t to be. He wasn’t given that chance, whatever the circumstances were. The cruelty in this is unbelievable. Words fail me.
In time I will learn to listen to his music again. For the time being it is too painful. But that music is inside me and it will be, for the rest of my life. I will never let it go.
Kenny, to all of you who worked so hard on ‘This Is It’: Thankyou!! I would have been in London august third and I know it would have been fantastic. As sad as it will be to watch, I wont miss the chance to see some of your work and effort, when its on screen.
God bless and heartfelt condolences for the loss of your good friend.
Kate
Kenny:
Michael will live forever!!! he is the most talented and brilliant entertainer in the world….. we, all his loyal and true fans love him from the deepest of our heart…
A Guy from Neverland
I’ve loved HIM since I was three…
He IS so special and unique
He means a lot to me
What will the world without HIM be?..
He is a great man, whom I will always remember
My love to HIM will always be tender
I still can’t believe it
I still feel so dull…
No! I can’t take it
Man, it’s SO HARD…
He IS so special
I can’t let HIM go
We lost our treasure
This pain is so strong…
He IS the LEGEND
He IS the king
Forever HIS songs will joy to me bring
I hear HIS voice
And it won’t take too long
Before I am crying
It’s hard to stay strong
I must admit
I’m just like HIM
He taught me in miracles to believe
I know he felt lonely
Here on this Earth
Oh, God, if only
He could come back…
He had talent
He had fame
But nobody could really understand…
What was he missing…
What did he like…
If he was here
We would make it just right
I know one day I’ll see HIS face
It will be like amazing grace
We’ll spend eternity together
Our happiness will last forever
Hello dear Kenny..good morning,
it has been passed 7 months and I can’t say anything, only thank you!..my heart still cry out, I think of you, MJ kids and I’m feeling so sad..
even if so far, I’m close to you.
I’ve watched This is it..and I think that yours has been a beautiful, pure, sincere and great friendship.God bless you for that. Michael needed that kind of friendship.
Since I was a little kid I was a Mj fan, and what you’ve done with this film it is so important. when I was a child I was ill, and when I was alone in hospital my confort, my peace, my joy came also through MJ music and all about him.
So sorry for my poor english, I’m italian =)
With your great job but above all with your heart you bring to us the real Michael. I’m honoured to be here. God bless you richly dear Kenny!