What will happen to Michael’s legacy as a person?

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Famous people are usually remembered for their lasting achievements, not for who they were as people,

You're right. Once you get past 50 or 100 years, people don't care about what that person was thinking. It's just the achievements, nothing else.

Tell me something about George Washington. You can't. Same for Captain Cook or Isaac Newton or Jack Dempsey.

His music will be appreciated by generations, but will those generations fall in love with him, like we did?

Short answer: no. They just won't.

And we shouldn't be bothered about that. MJ is an icon for our times. Future generations will have different tastes and different ideals and values. They will idolize their own stars.