A worldwide audience of nearly one billion people watched his televised funeral service.
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Then came that strange, sad day when they rushed him to the hospital in full cardiac arrest, but the best medical care in the world couldn’t save him.
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After years of difficulty, he was about to relaunch his career with a sold-out concert series in London called “This Is It.” For Michael Jackson, the future looked bright. The search for lasting peace on earth is another bit of unfinished business. With so much killing in the world, the singer’s voice was like a midsummer night’s dream. It was a solemn reminder that the quest for peace is just that–a quest and not a finished journey. But just a flick of the channel showed how far we are from “the peace that was meant to be.” The screen transported us to some faraway land where tanks were blasting away and men were marching off to war. The closing number-a song I hadn’t heard it in 20 years- was “Let There be Peace on Earth.” The crowd held hands and swayed back and forth as she sang, “Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.” It was a moving sight to see so many earnest voices singing what is essentially a prayer for peace. The audience numbers in the tens of thousands. A well-known singer appears with the Boston Pops Orchestra at a great 4th of July celebration. Millions of tourists have visited since then, but Mount Rushmore for all its grandeur remains an unfinished work of art. His son continued his work for a few months after his death, but he ran out of money. But he never lived long enough to see his dream through to completion. That’s because he originally planned to extend the figures of each president down into the chest area. If you study the faces carefully, it’s clear that he spent more time on George Washington than he did on the other three presidents. During a visit to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, I learned that the sculptor, a man named Gutzon Borglum, never finished his work. “When he had received the drink, Jesus said, ‘It is finished’” (John 19:30.)