Have you every fol­lowed a celebrity to the point of obses­sion? I read­ily admit that I have. And sad to say, that despite the fact that this celebrity is no longer with us in this world, I still find myself obsessed.

Funny, as I thought that per­haps the “Groupie” in me was dead. Appar­ently not.

Today, the sub­ject of my obses­sion would have turned 50 years old. And if Michael Hutchence were still alive, I’m sure I would have still had the hots for him.*

Sadly, Michael only lived to the age that I cur­rently am today. That, in itself, is a strange thought. Oh, if we could both “Stay Young” … just like the lyrics say.

INXS — Stay Young
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Regard­less of what you may have thought of Michael Hutchence in the years that he lived (or even in the after­math of his life), no one can deny that he was a charis­matic, tal­ented man. And the world is just a lit­tle bit dim­mer with­out him.

But before I close this post, help cel­e­brate Michael’s 50^th birth­day and help Haiti by down­load­ing “Don’t Change” off of iTunes.  Thanks to the rest of the band, all pro­ceeds from this down­load are being donated to the Red Cross’ relief efforts in Haiti.

Happy 50^th Birth­day, Hutch!

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* I mean seri­ously. Even after so many years, I still shiver when­ever I hear him whis­per, “Step over here” at the begin­ning of “Need You Tonight.”