I just got an email from a friend directing me to Lisa Marie Presley‘s blog post about Michael Jackson‘s death, which she posted on her MySpace page earlier this week.
The post, titled “He Knew,” is sad, sad, sad.
In it, Lisa Marie divulges that her one-time husband told her he knew he was gonna end up like her father, and the “gutted” feeling she’s left with as she tries to process his death. Factor in the mythologies of the various players — the King of Rock and Roll and the King of Pop — and it’s loaded with all the elements of a Greek tragedy:
As I sit here overwhelmed with sadness, reflection and confusion at what was my biggest failure to date, watching on the news almost play by play The exact Scenario I saw happen on August 16th, 1977 happening again right now with Michael (A sight I never wanted to see again) just as he predicted, I am truly, truly gutted.
Follow this link for the rest of Lisa Marie’s post, which details her efforts to save MJ from “the inevitable,” and how she nearly lost herself in the process.
