I was doing a little reading. This quote really humanizes him:
"Why not just tell people I'm an alien from Mars. Tell them I eat live chickens and do a voodoo dance at midnight. They'll believe anything you say, because you're a reporter. But if I, Michael Jackson, were to say, 'I'm an alien from Mars and I eat live chickens and do a voodoo dance at midnight,' people would say, 'Oh, man, that Michael Jackson is nuts. He's cracked up. You can't believe a damn word that comes out of his mouth.'"
—Michael Jackson
Maki,
Bob Dylan; the father of modern folk rock, is still in good health. As is the Piano Man, Billy Joel.
(perhaps not what you'd call good health...but they're certainly still alive.)