Coming from a cult background - and as late as November, flirting with Islam - Michael Jackson died unexpectedly.
The old preachers used the phrase week on week, "You are not promised tomorrow".
At first glance - and it is certainly not for us to judge this with individuals - it appears that Jacko may well have died whilst still in need of finding the salvation that God the Son died to win for us.
That is probably the real tragedy of the star's death.