Michael Jackson: some thoughts

The redoubtable Paul Gambaccini declared that Jacko, when you met him, was taller than you'd expect him to be.

And that, amid the nonsense and speculation about things we could possibly never know, is possibly the most insightful thing we'll hear over the next few days.

Uri Geller reporting that Jackson told him he had regular operations on his face because he didn't want to look like his father, is possibly the saddest.

Despite the surprise at his early death, it is, in a way, not as shocking as many things about his life.

The best way to remember him? The wonderfully building, bewitching bars of I Want You Back, one of the finest introductions to a song you're ever likely to hear.