Wow. There are hardly words. Whatever he may have become, he will live on for us because of his indelible mark on history, music, and our youth. This quote from the NPR website sums it up:

"Not long ago, Rosen was in a night club. Everyone there was too cool to dance. Then the DJ started spinning Jackson's early hits, one after another.

"As soon as he started playing those, the dance floor was stampeded," Rosen says. "The longer it went on, the more ecstatic the crowd got, and everyone was dancing. That's the image I'd like to remember MJ by: just sheer joy generated by his music."

The Michael Jackson in his mind, Rosen says, was not a has-been, a controversy, or a joke. He was a genius.