The jokes are already coming out:
"This is horrible. Why, I saw him just the other day at Wal-Mart under a sign that said: 'Boys Pants, Half Off.'"
Or
They say he choked on a small bone.
The Billie Jean video really made the young, upstart network MTV work in the early 80's. Some interesting history of the song:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Jean
His album "Off The Wall," from 1979, was probably my favourite.
Still, you can't help but be left with the impression he got away with something regarding charges he was a pedophile. If he suffered later in life then I would say "good."
Elizabeth Taylor outlived him. That's amazing. But his death is hardly surprising.
Cowperson