TIME will publish a special commemorative issue on Michael Jackson to hit newsstands on Monday, June 29.
For the special commemorative issue, TIME spoke with Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, Nancy Reagan, Lenny Kravitz, Jesse Jackson, Tommy Mottola, Berry Gordy, Spike Lee, Sheryl Crow, Anjelica Huston, Clive Davis, Al Sharpton, Deepak Chopra, Kobe Bryant, Lance Bass, Oscar De La Hoya, Savion Glover, A.R. Rahman, Peter Gabriel, John Mayer and more.
Stories from the commemorative issue will appear on TIME’s official website on Sunday. Read their ongoing coverage of Jackson’s death at www.time.com/time/specials/michael-jackson
This special edition of the magazine will be published in addition to TIME’s regular weekly issue and will retail for $5.99.
ahh this reminds me of the keep it in the closet video
gotta get it
OMG I’M 1ST. i had to do it… I love MJ RIP!!!! your legacy will live on forever!!!!
He will never be forgotten
this is BEAUTIFUL….
i will surely miss you MJ…..:(
I’m getting one!
LOVE ME SOME MICHAEL…
Definitely a collectors item. Love him on this cover….they used a great picture
RIP MICHAEL…TAKEN TOO SOON…MAY U REST IN PARADISE
Will def be copping one of these up!!! Love ya MJ!
#1 I think it is from the ‘Keep it In the Closet’ Music video. They managed to speak with those mentioned super fast.
Still missing Mike. R.I.P.
I wish he were alive to see all the love his fans had for him! This is what he lived for! Definitely will be missed! RIP King of Pop!
“Remember The Time”…Awesome.
I still have tons of MJ memorabilia from when I was little.
i love him so much!! still don’t want to believe this…
will still buy one in his honor
I am definitely about to get that right now!! Yeah, it is definitely going to be sold out if it isnt already!! I mean, if the man almost shut down the internet? He can definitely sell a magazine! *smh* What messed up week:(. Too much going on!!
Awww michael’s beautfyl smile!
Everbody goes one day. Still in disbelief. He just went to soon.
Bless him…
AWWWW..beautiful pic…soo soo sad…We love you MJ..i have to get the mag
i will always love u… may his beautiful soul rest in eternal peace…amen.
may he rest in peace.R.I.P MICHAEL!!!
his nose looked GREAT in this pic..wow
he really looked good here
im still so sad i still cannot believe it..i was so lookin forward to his concert in london
RIP mike
Rest in peace Michael Jackson..such a inspriation and angelic voice..i think he has a beautiful smile..you can tell that he is shy when he smiles..so humble..An angel went to heaven..Peace and Love..
I love this cover!
Poor Mike I really hope he got to enjoy his life a little since all his last drama.
i want this edition! i hope it doesn’t get sold out on monday before i can get to one. i collected a newspaper too. i want to be able to show this stuff to my kids. hopefully they love his music as much as i do
Im sooo getting this edition…! I have never purchase one before, but I definitely will Monday morning…! And when I do get it, Im gonna frame it, and one day show my children the man who changed music, and is a inspiration to manyyyy ppl…from this day on..!
This is a nice cover – RIP Mike
I’m getting the magazine!! I have cried like a million times, I love his music!!!
THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ENTERTAINER AS MAGICAL AS MICHAEL!! I’M CRYING THINKING ABOUT IT!!
THAT’S RIGHT!!! The best there ever was, is & will be.
There will NEVER NEVER NEVER be another……NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is something I found interesting. Copied & pasted from another site:
For those who say Michael is a pedophile… more news
After the sudden death of Michael Jackson Evan Chandler tells the truth.
In 1993, Chandler told a psychiatrist and police that he and Jackson had engaged in sexual acts that included oral sex, the boy gave detailed description of Jackson’s genitals. The case was settled out of court for a reported $22 million, but the strain led Jackson to begin taking painkillers. Eventually he became addicted.
Now maybe for the remorse of his death Chandler decides to tell us the truth. ” I never meant to lie and destroy Michael Jackson but my father made me to tell only lies. Now i can’t tell Michael how much i’m sorry and if he will forgive me ”.Evan Chandler was tape-recorded saying amongst other things, “If I go through with this, I win big-time. There’s no way I lose. I will get everything I want and they will be destroyed forever…
Under the influence of a controversial father (Jordan Chandler) told his son to tell that Jackson had touched his penis.Jordan Chandler then told a psychiatrist and later police that he and Jackson had engaged in acts of kissing, masturbation and oral sex, as well as giving a detailed description of what he alleged were the singer’s genitals.
” Now for the first time i can’t bare to lie anymore. Michael Jackson didn’t do anything to me, all was my father lies to escape from being poor.”
RIP Michael Jackson, you were truly a BEAUTIFUL SOUL of a person, caring, kind, & so often MISUNDERSTOOD. The LIGHT in this TRAGIC situation is that your SOUL is finally FREE from this CRUEL, CRUEL, SOCIETY & COLD, COLD WORLD.
May your SOUL REST in ETERNAL PEACE.
Still cant believe it;
We Miss You MJ.
Your name Lives On. . .♥ Rest In Peace.
I will be buying this, I just wish all these people had been there for him when he needed him the most… The hypocrisy of the media that persecuted and hounded him for years sickens me.. These new crop of so-called friends who deserted him when he needed them can shove it where the sun don’t shine pathetic individuals..
I will be buying this, I just wish all these people had been there for him when he needed them the most… The hypocrisy of the media that persecuted and hounded him for years sickens me.. These new crop of so-called friends who deserted him when he needed them can shove it where the sun don’t shine pathetic individuals..
@@@@ Tianni
That sickens me I hope that both families are punished on earth and in hell for what they have done…
It really hurts my heart to know he’s gone. How could anyone not love him? Rest in heaven Michael.
Dear King,
I HOPE & PRAY that wherever you are, your SOUL is RESTING IN PEACE, because
lord knows you deserve it. After all the verbal brutal attacks you’ve indured prior 2 your death. I get a huge lump in my throat when I think of the hell you were put through, but that’s ok, because GOD has your back now, and none of these wrinkle face bastards can hurt u ever again. So u just rest your precious little soul now. I selfishly wish you still were here, but I’m glad you’re in a better place. You will always be the “KING OF MUSIC” period. I’ll love you 4ever & always.
your “GOD’S ANGEL” now. ONE!!!
It anger me so much aswell. That people branded him a molester. When it hit the net that he passed away. I posted my comment but i saw some people on ”Here”. Saying ”how they didnt support him” because of what he done. The charges were dropped, everything was false.
Jordan Chandler has come forward and said he lied and wished he could if asked forgivness from MJ. Well I dont want to ”Curse”. Darn Poltronns.But Jordan & Evan Chandler ”To Little To Late”
Some people digest anything the media throw at them. He was going to come to London in July. I wanted to meet him. I dont him personally. But his music had substance.He helped people out. He was more than a entertainer!…
Dang looking at that cover kinda getting to me fahreal. I can see him up in heaven with this smile on his face cuz hes at peace. Im definitely gonna try and get this issue. RIP MJ.
#29 that is so disgusting that they put MJ through that whole ordeal which would lead to him being labeled a pedifile. That kid is just as wrong as his dad for doing MJ like that. I hope they can be prosecuted for all that. Damn shame.
I look at these RIP and these 1958-2009 I still cant, I still cant believe it, someone tells me he is just sleepin and he is goin to wake up for his tour, its UNREAL, its maybe for the funerals I will realize, I swear I cant righ now, Im deeply sad but I cant realize; also they need the money from it to his children. OMG
I have to most definitely get this issue of TIME… A true legend, Icon, one of a kind… Rest In Peace MJ!! Your music will live on FOREVER!!
this is nice…. just hope they are doing it from their heart and not to make money …. they say mike is worth more dead then alive hope folks dont try and capitalize off of him ……… imo
still cannot believe it… feels like a prank!!! actually dont want it to sink it… RIP
i was just telling my mom that this is when he looked his best..he was beautiful right here…I am so mad that this is it..no more MJ..he will forever be the king of music..theres no one in any genre that could do what he did for MUSIC..REAL MUSIC!
indeed FOREVER, MICHAEL!
@ Tianni
Where did you get that from?! I knew he didn’t do that .
that saddens me more from the thing tianna posted
People are so evil and cruel… Look what happens when u do evil B.S for money…. I love you michael… I wish I could erase 2009 off that magazine….and Put FOREVER!!!
God bless you
oh wow this is a good pic…omg u know this gonna sell
Only God can judge. Only God knows what’s in our hearts.
Everytime someone mentions the allegations, I ignore it, bc bottom line is, his death has hurt my heart. He was a major part of my childhood. I danced my ass off to his songs and couldn’t sleep in the dark for years after watching Thriller.
I never met him, but I had plans to see him on his last tour and now I can’t.
Watch the We Are The World video and you will be reminded of how he bridged so many cultures through his music. He raised 50 million for Africa after making that song. And EVERY damn body was singing on that track; from every musical genre….are there any songs like that out????? NOPE! When I was younger he was just an entertainer to me. But now as an adult I realize all the social impact he has made. I will continue to focus on the positive social impact he has made.
MJ is the best artist and like someone else said, he’s not ONE of the greatest, he IS the greatest.
…Smooth Criminal is on again; gotta go, R.I.P. Micheal. I love you forever.
I tell u, white people isn’t nothing but devils, can’t turn your back on them for 1 minute. Already Debbie Rowe is telling reporters the children are not Michael’s. People have no respect anymore, can’t the man at least be laid to rest first. That oldest boy looks like to Michael to me, the girl look more like Debbie. I have never seen Blanket, except for his hair. They’re his children to me, he raised them, loved them and cherished them. Rest In Peace MJ and I can’t wait for the Awards.
#50…….If that’s true, then that PALE FACED, OUTTA SHAPED, MONEY HUNGRY,
POOR EXCUSE 4 A MOTHER, ATTENTION SEEKING WHORE will rot in HELL!!!!!!!!
@ 50
that was not neccesary .I love michael. Because he is like no other. He never created seperationI have not seen any other artist do that. Artist always seem to target to somone.attach themselves to target. Michael was free. He had Asians in his videos, whites, Indians and blacks. Many more. Not all whites are like that. Just them darn chandler poltroons.Debbie. I know she doesnt have right for custody.she signed them over. You cannot believe the media. Look at what B.S they did to michael. If take anything from him that is – he was a musical genius but also a prominent humanitarian.He loved his fan (many artists today just all about the money)- he didnt see them for their race. He helped so many. I’m indian aswell. My whole family loves him. Dont matter if your black or white. His soul was beautiiful.
This is GREAT!
That cover is Beautiful.
IT IS TRUE DEBBIE ROWE HAS GIVEN AN INTERVIEW SAYING THEY ARE NOT HIS BIOLOGICAL KIDS. SHE WILL TRY TO FIGHT FOR CUSTODY AS THE BIOLOGICAL MOTHER. THE KIDS ARE ENTITLED TO HIS ESTATE SO IT IS ALL ABOUT MONEY. SHE NEVER WANTED THEM BEFORE SO WHY NOW? THEY WERE HIS KIDS TO ME NO MATTER WHAT BECAUSE HE RAISED THEM, LOVED THEM, AND NURTURED THEM. EVERYONE SAYS HE WAS SUCH A GREAT FATHER. NO ONE HAS EVER SAID ANYTHING BUT GREAT THINGS ABOUT HIM AS A PARENT. HIS KIDS WERE HIS ONE TRUE JOY.
I WAS WATCHING CNN AND THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THE GIRL (PARIS) WAS SCREAMING “NO, NO, NO DADDY NO!!” WHEN THEY TOLD HER HE DIED AND THAT MADE ME SO SAD! WHERE WILL THEY GO NOW? AND WHO WILL LOVE THEM LIKE THEIR FATHER? PLUS THE YOUNGEST (BLANKET) ISN’T DEBBIE ROWE’S SO WILL THE 3 BE SPLIT UP? HOW TRAGIC!
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT MADE FALSE ACCUSATIONS ABOUT MICHAEL ARE THE REASON HE IS DEAD! I BLAME THEM ALL! BEING ACCUSED OF HURTING A CHILD IS THE ONE THING THAT WOULD HURT HIS FEELINGS THE MOST. HE LOVED KIDS MORE THAN ANYTHING. ALL KIDS. AFTER THAT TRIAL IS WHEN HE STARTED TAKING THOSE PILLS TO DULL THE PAIN. HE WAS NEVER THE SAME AGAIN. THEY HURT HIS HEART AND HIS SPIRIT WITH THEIR LIES! I HOPE THEY ALL BURN IN HELL!
Yes that pic is definitely from keep it in the closet! I always loved that video! He and Naomi Campbell! That was such a hot video! He looked hot & so did she! I was like owww get it Michael lol! This is one of the times I thought he was sexy! Yes I said sexy! That video, the whole Thriller era, Smooth Criminal and the Rock With You video were all the times I said to myself Mike could get it! The way he moved his body and hips! Yes I had him plastered all over my walls! I loved Mike and I always will! He was my first boyfriend (in my mind)lol!
R.I.P. my beautiful baby Michael. You are such a wonderful, gentle, caring soul. You just had no idea how cold and cruel this world could be. You trusted too many people and they took advantage of you. I wish I could have saved you. No one ever protected you..even as a child. That is such a shame. Rest now and continue to smile that beautiful smile that you (and Janet) always had. I will always love you and you will never be forgotten. You are The King!
@ Hyabusa
I agree 100%!!!!
Michael Jackson is the man. No one has ever done it like him. He is the one person that made me love music. I owe my entire career to MJ. Thank you Michael for all you have given us.
Great Pic of Michael!!!
Seems like he had a hard life…
Lived an empty life and now he is gone…
I pray he found Love and Peace in the arms of God.