Obit Writers Agree: He Was Peter Pan

It's no secret that Michael Jackson, onetime owner of Neverland, loved Peter Pan, and the reference provided legions of obituary and tribute writers with a theme:

• New York Times: "For his legions of fans, he was the Peter Pan of pop music: the little boy who refused to grow up."
• Los Angeles Times: "As a child star, he was so talented he seemed lit from within; as a middle-aged man, he was viewed as something akin to a visiting alien who, like Tinkerbell, would cease to exist if the applause ever stopped."

• Time: "Jackson's profound weirdness...hinted that Peter Pan was the wrong role for him. Wasn't Jackson really one of Peter's Lost Boys, stranded between childhood and adolescence?"
• National Post: He was "a black Peter Pan with bleached skin and a single white glove, who pushed American pop music beyond rock and roll into R&B and soul."

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