I'm already sick of the TV tributes.
I admire what he did in his early years, and recognize Thriller as being an iconic album. What he did in his later years was just wrong and in my book, tarnishes all the "good" he did.
The comparisons to Elvis is a bit far fetched, and I'm not an Elvis fan
As an "old school Headbanger", I will remember the times in the 80's when he was at the top of his game - Even when metal was "king"
R.I.P.