I will admit that I loved Michael Jackson and his music.  When he died, I felt like a part of my childhood died.  Of course the medical blogs are on fire speculating on how he died.  The blogs debate each other here, and here and here.  Theories range from drug overdose, to cardiac arrest, to fibromyalgia, to anorexia nervorsa.

It amazes me that no one has mentioned mental illness.  As usual, mental illness in swept under the rug.  It is not a real medical problem.  It is well documented that Michael Jackson suffered physical and emotional abuse from his father while growing up.  As an adult, it was equally obvious he had major self esteem and body image issues, most likely stemming from his childhood.  Michael Jackson had extreme self-loathing and self-destructive behavior.  To me, mental illness was the cause of Michael Jackson’s death.

As far as the pedophilia jokes floating around the internet, not funny.  Child abuse will never be funny. Not ever.  So stop it.

RR