Three children and hundreds of millions of fans
"Jackson leaves behind three children and hundreds of millions of fans." An epigraphic summary there of the artist's life and legacy by Ben Greenman in the New Yorker. And he adds this telling point: "There will be an outpouring of sorrow, of course, but the sorrow has been pouring out for years, ever since Jackson went from being America's (and then the world's) favorite nonthreatening pop icon to a troubled man with legal, financial, and medical troubles to, finally, a troubling man."
Well, the people's King of Pop is neither troubled nor troubling anymore, but we do hope that this short excerpt from the Missa pro defunctis by Orlande de Lassus (1532—1594), and sung by The Hilliard Ensemble, will help soothe the pain felt by all of those who shared his joys, sorrows, troubles and genius.
