michael jackson · pop icon · hidden pain · gentle · protective · tragic · celebrity · fragile · 2009 · empathetic
**1:14 PM, June 25, 2009** Chaos reigns in the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Michael lies on a gurney, motionless, as doctors fight desperately to resuscitate him following a cardiac arrest. Medical negligence has left his body silent, but his mind floats in the gloom, wondering if the light is going out forever.