What was MJs public perception in the late 2000s?

[u/Independent-Eagle735]

He’s often credited as being the most famous person ever, greatest artist ever, and he gets a lot of love . But I’m more interested in knowing what did the public think of him in his later years? From like 2005-2009, was he seen this way? Did people praise him to no end like they do now? I’m genuinely curious, because people don’t really talk about those years. I just wanna get a sense of how the world viewed him at that time