Michael Jackson's Death: YouTube Reactions from Around the World

The death of Michael Jackson is the most high profile demise of the YouTube era, and already the site is littered with people grieving for the lost King of Pop. West Coast Sound scoured YouTube for the most honest reactions to the sad death of MJ, and came up with the ten below.


Bullet, from Canada: "I was like, 'Fuck, he died.'"


Sleepy Casanova: "I was like, 'Wow.'"


from Australia: "I don't know what to say. I liked his music."


From Canada: "Bye Michael we're going to miss you."


Fresno State University marching band tribute to MJ


From Oakland: "The worst day in fucking entertainment history."

ASL Sign Announcement from DeafTuber (click. no. really. click. they disabled embedding, but it's worth it.)


From West Hollywood: "Rock with You"


From Seattle, Washington: "Poor dead Michael Jackson."


"This is a lot less important than the Michael Jackson thing. He died at 50. That's that. But I got a new Fred T-shirt for my birthday."


"This is really fucking intense. (Takes hit off pot pipe). I never thought he was going to fucking die."

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