THE NIGHT I HEARD MICHAEL LEFT OUR WORLD I WAS WAITING UP FOR MY HUSBAND TO GET HOME FROM WORK. IT WAS A FRIDAY NIGHT THE 21ST HERE IN THE US. I HAD JUST PUT MY DAUGHTER TO SLEEP AND HAD DOZED OFF WATCHING THE LOCAL NEWS WHEN I HEARD THE ANCHOR SAY THERE WAS BREAKING NEWS OVER THE WIRES THAT A FAMOUS ROCK STAR HAD JUST BEEN DISCOVERED DEAD IN HIS HOTEL ROOM. THEY SHOW A PIECE OF A TELEVISED CONCERT AND I COULD SEE THE FACE OF THE LEAD SINGER CLEARLY AND THEN HEARD THE NAME. I WAS SHOCKED AND I IMMEADIATELY PUT MTV ON AND FIGURED THAT IF THIS WAS TRUE THEY WOULD MENTION IT. THEY SADLY DID AND I COULD NOT STOP CRYING IN DENIAL. WHEN MY HUSBAND GOT HOME THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD SAY TO CONSOLE ME. HE REGRETED NEVER HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HIM IN CONCERT LIKE I HAD. IT'S STILL VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO LISTEN TO HIS VOICE ON INXS CD'S WITHOUT GETTING GOOSEPUMPS. I HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO BRING MYSELF TO LISTEN TO HIS SOLO CD THAT WAS RELEASED THIS PAST FEBRUARY. I THINK I WILL DO IT ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH AS A WAY TO REMEMBER HIM THE WAY HE WOULD HAVE WANTED TO BE REMEMBERED. I THINK OF TIGERLILY ALL THE TIME. I HOPE YOU FIND HAPPINESS AND COMFORT IN ALL THESE MESSAGES WE FANS SEND YOU EVEN AFTER ALL THIS TIME. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE ALL LOVED MICHAEL.