Michael Jackson died today

[Maddolis]

Indeed.

I hate it when known people die, all you hear all day

That being said, he's probably the biggest musician to have lived in the last 100 years, and I'd rather hear 3 hours of news about a musician I like than 3 hours of crap about the stock market or useless political scandals.

To the people who are annoyed at the news coverage of his death, just beg Madonna or Paul McCartney not to die any time soon and you won't have to go through the grievous pain of watching someone's death on the news for another few years (and trust me, by then you won't really mind respecting the life of a great influential artist).