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People Tribute: Remembering Michael 1958-2009

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I was expecting People magazine to do a good tribute issue celebrating Michael Jackson's life and legacy and although part of the issue talks about his amazing music and dancing, nearly half the issue is spent just talking about tabloid garbage. I wouldn't recommend this to any fans of Michael Jackson (myself being a Michael Jackson fan) because of this. Although it did have some very good photos, there was too much tabloid junk to recommend anyone else wasting their money on this.

at first, i thought it was good to have it because it was a TRIBUTE to MJ. However, it turns out to be a tabloid junkie itself. A lot of its pages say unfair things about MJ - just like all the tabloids had written about him. Even worst, i can't accept it "creates" a list of reasons for MJ's changing appearance: (page 71) "...lack of education, fading fame, disappearing wealth..." Do you believe that? so, it is not a tribute at all - it is a trash covered with flowers aimed to earn money from MJ's fans.
if u know MJ, even just a little, you have noticed that the way he treated fans, others and even media people (who hunted him like hunting a rare animal) very gently and respectfully. That proves that he was very well-educated. How dare "people tribute" says "he lacks of education"? I can't accept that. this make me feel that this tribute was made by someone who hates MJ so much and stays so unfair to MJ. i regret that i bought it. it is just like wasting your money to buy you angry.
i write this comment because i don't want to see any MJ's fan (i am) do such a stupid thing like i did.

Nice photos, but too tabloidly to be a proper tribute..and there's overlap from the Michael Jackson/Farrah Fawcett magazine issue People put out (including any inaccuracies). Anyway, there isn't a whole lot of writing in this "book".

I was happily going through the book and admiring the "tribute" and the photos and
coverage when bang! I turned the page and was confronted with a delibarately selected "freakish" looking photo of Michael, and a caption that read "And then....things got a little WEIRD."

From then on, the tribute lost is quality, and became tabloid junk. It covered the the man's "oddities." It covered the trial, and so on, but without going beyond mediocre tabloid content and quality.

It was highly disappointing to be presented such material in a so-called "Tribute" on a man of unparalleled talent, genius, success, and humanity. And a man who gave so much to the world, and who inspired and was loved by so many.

Michael Jackson deserved a better, more proper tribute. And so did we. We want more material on the man, the music, the talent that we love...

I remember a comment from his Memorial on June 7th: "There wasn't nothin' strange about your daddy. It was strange what your daddy had to go through."

The People Tribute continued on the obsession to focus not on the man's music,
the talent, and extraordinary achievements, but on the tabloid news that was mediocre at best.

The text of the book is filled with a lot of information that I already knew about Michael Jackson, but I didn't purchase this tribute for that reason. I wanted to see the pictures of Michael that spanned througout the years. This tribute delivers in that regard. There are many pictures that I've seen before, but there are some that I haven't seen. Here are some of the "highlights" of the tribute in my opinion:

1. A letter that he had written in 1984 to his critics. It is in his own handwriting.
2. Some of his art that was displayed in his home that depicted him as a knight and etc.
3. Many pictures of Michael where is looks so joyful and happy in his life.
4. Pictures of collectibles, such as some of the clothing and shoes that he wore. The sequenced gloves.
5. Progression photos from when he was around age 6 to age 50. Personally, I thought he was so handsome before all the plastic surgery, and I thought his nose beautiful just the way it was.
6. A picture of Michael looking at himself in the mirror. You can only see his hands holding a small mirror and him gazing into it. That's probably one of my favorites.

I think that Michael Jackson was the most gifted and talented entertainers that ever lived. I was and still am shocked by his sudden death. I liked the People tribute to him. The photos are great! My only problem is that they should have left out some of the senational stuff. I'm tired of the rehashing of his plastic surgery and things of that nature. Who cares?! I don't! Whether he had a little or a lot, he was still beautiful to me.

I was surprised by the value of this book; it has some great pictures in it. I am so happy that I purchased it. There is a lot more than what you see on the internet, and I think it is a nice tribute. I would recommend it for any MJ fan.

A must have for any true MJ collector. He will be greatly missed. May he finally have the peace he was never afforded while with us. I hope that someday all the "tabloid lies and 15 minutes of fame junkie reporter's words" will be silenced and the humanitarian that he was be remembered.

As a huge Michael Jackson fan I have gotten several magazines and this is one of the better tribute magazines. It has a lot of great pictures and wonderful stories. RIP MJ I love you always

i brought this book last month and i love the photos in it and it was a great price to get it. i saw this in stores week later when he died and i wasn't sure if i wanted it or not because the price was 12.00 for the book and i didn't have money for it. so i didn't get it. when i saw it on amazon at low price i am glad i waited. i love this book and i have almost every book of michael. if your fan of mj this for you. Check out the michael jackson history book it has some good photos in there too.