Michael Jackson's July 7 memorial servics opened with Smokey Robinson reading condolence letters from Diana Ross and Nelson Mandela... Michael Jackson dead: Remembering a legend. Michael Jackson dies after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest in his California home. The King of Pop's death is a shock-both unexpected and untimely.
aspire. vb (intr). 1. (usually foll by: to or after) to yearn (for) or have a powerful or ambitious plan, desire, or hope (to do or be something): to aspire to be a great leader. 2. to rise to a great height. [C15: from Latin aspÄ«rÄre to breathe upon, from spÄ«rÄre to breathe].
1. a strong desire, longing, or hope; ambition. 2. a goal or objective desired: The presidency had been his aspiration since college. 3. an act of aspirating, esp. inhalation. 4. a. the articulation of a speech sound accompanied by an audible puff of breath. b. the use of an aspirate in pronunciation. 5. a. the act of removing a fluid, as pus or serum, from a cavity of the body by a hollow needle or trocar connected with a suction syringe. b. the act of inhaling fluid or a foreign body into the bronchi and lungs, often after vomiting.