Day after day, the Michael Jackson circus never ends.
I respect the feelings of those who cared deeply for Jackson and his music, but the deification is getting out of hand. The fact is, Michael's influence on music was, on balance, detrimental. That is not to say that he didn't write some catchy tunes, and the guy could definitely dance his as off. But, let's get serious about his influence on the music scene over the past couple of decades. Personality and the trappings of celebrity have been a part of popular culture as long as there has been such a thing as popular culture. But only in the 1980s, with the ascendancy of Michael and Madonna, did the cult of celebrity personality become so prominent that it outweighed all other considerations. Michael Jackson was renowned for his dancing, yes, but he was renowned just as much for wearing one white glove!
The title "King Of Pop" was not something that sprung up from the grassroots, in the way Elvis became known as the "King Of Rock and Roll" or James Brown became "Soul Brother #1". Jackson's minions cut a deal with MTV in which the station was contractually obligated to refer to him as the "King Of Pop' in return for exclusive rights to show his videos. No artist before him, (and again, Madonna was doing much the same contemporaneously) ever gave so much primacy to marketing over music.
As to the many charges against him, the allegations of child abuse, the way he screwed Paul McCartney, the vast number of people left holding IOU's at his death, well, all that crap dies with him. He's beyond the reach of justice, whatever the truth might be. But as to his legacy, his legacy is Britney Spears. The Spice Girls. The Jonas Brothers.
Not much worth celebrating, in my opinion.