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Friday, June 26, 2009
McNabb mourns MJ

In his blog, Donovan McNabb mourns the passing of Michael Jackson.

Here's the entry:

 

Like most of the rest of the world I am devastated by the news of Michael Jackson’s death. Ironically, I am in Los Angeles for a few days between shooting a commercial and attending a teammate’s wedding this weekend.

Those who have followed my career know that I am a huge fan of the King of Pop. After many of my touchdowns, I have moonwalked or mimicked some of his moves – before you get ready to criticize those moves on a post, know that even I understand I couldn’t hold a candle to Michael when it comes to dancing. My dances were a mere tribute to Michael’s unbelievable ability to entertain.

Many times we are reminded at someone’s death that “there will never be another one like him/her.” In this case, those words couldn’t be more true.

My condolences go out to his children, his immediate family, and his extended family of millions around the world.

 

PS: The wedding in question is apparently the Hank/Kendra nuptials.

 

 

 

 

Posted by Rich Hofmann @ 9:55 PM  Permalink | 51 comments
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Posted 10:04 PM, 06/26/2009
Icemannj
Fairly thoughtful post; what else can you say? Someone said it's the fourth biggest death in our lifetime, behind Elvis, John Lennon, and Princess Di. Certainly for a time during the eighties, there was no one bigger.
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Posted 11:02 PM, 06/26/2009
crzkat
You really think those children were his?
Posted 12:46 AM, 06/27/2009
RobM.
There was nothing better than watching Don do the thriller dance after running in a touchdown... I would bet we will see some Jacko tribute dances this year the first time Don takes one in.
Posted 01:47 AM, 06/27/2009
IssueMovement
Yeah, Don's MJ dances after a rushing touchdown are the best. I'll be a rare Philly optimist and go out on a limb: now he'll run more so he can throw down a few tribute moves in the end zone. It'll be sweet.
Posted 03:09 AM, 06/27/2009
Phillymike77
Does the world forget that this guy molested children?
Posted 03:27 AM, 06/27/2009
bdawkisgod
phillymike are u a kane?
Posted 05:24 AM, 06/27/2009
Super5
I agree Phillymike! The media is celebrating a pedophile. It's sad! I was a fan of Jackson's for many years, but where there's smoke there's fire.
Posted 06:59 AM, 06/27/2009
JamesJ
MJ was a good singer and a great dancer. He was also a child molester. The US has become such a celebrity driven society that we've lost all perspective between right and wrong, good and bad. May God have mercy on his soul. One question to DMac, If you had a 10 yr old son, would you let him stay the night at MJs house?
Posted 07:01 AM, 06/27/2009
mick314
Bdawk: phillymike is ABEL not kane. MJ's addictions will make the AnnaNiclole stuff look like child's play (which of course MJ reveled in). Unsure why the world glorifies a creep.
Posted 07:05 AM, 06/27/2009
nuggett
He may have been a music genius but he was a sad picture of a man and a person......Yes, let's celebrate his talent...and we can be sad for his passing........but remember he did not cure cancer, feed the hungry with his millions, help a country or a people be free from tyranny.......Our obsession with Pop, Hollywood and Sports figures shows the true lack of values in this country and our inablility to see what is really important in life......It is not entertainment or entertainers folks........He was not MLK, Jack Kennedy, Jonas Sauk.......We are so shallow....Thanks for the great music Micheal but like Elvis and the Beatles your followers will soon just be old folks trying to relive the past......while those in medicine and science or the defenders of freedom will have a legacy the world will remember.....
Posted 07:05 AM, 06/27/2009
rockinrob
Princess Di? Elvis and Lennon okay but Lady Di? Byatch could not even do the robot.
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Posted 08:04 AM, 06/27/2009
Nothing but the truth
Wow! To see all of the post blasting a man in his grave is ridiculous. If you wanted to blast MJ everyone should have done it in the 50 years while he was on this earth. Now is not really the time. Let the man have his wake because in a short time it will be over. There is nobody without fault and if you look deep enough you can find reason to degrade anyone. I'm not going to post what the common vice between MLK, Jack Kennedy and Jonas Saulk is but if you know their history then you know they were not complete saints either. What purpose does cursing a man under the earth serve?
Posted 08:23 AM, 06/27/2009
mick314
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Rich Hofmann arrived at the Daily News in 1980 for a job whose status was officially designated as "full-time, temporary." A senior at Penn at the time, he was hired to fill in on the copy desk during a staff illness. The notion of him covering the Eagles or being a columnist did not exist in anyone's imagination. It was supposed to be six weeks and out, but he never left. It is only one of the reasons why so many people have concerns about him as a potential house guest. Rich has blogged the postseasons of the Flyers and Eagles.

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