—NPR: Michael Jackson Is GoneMichael Jackson is dead. Those are frightening words to write. They are more scary than any paparazzi photo of Jackson’s nose crumbling to pieces, stranger than images of his faceless children wearing shrouds while shopping at the mall, creepier than his skin whitening disease, the burnt hair, the molestation allegations and trial, his chimpanzee confidante, and Neverland combined. Michael Jackson is dead and now we have to come to terms with who he was and what it means to have him gone.