. . "Gone Too Soon"@en . "202.0"^^ . . . . "1993-12-01Z"^^ . . . . "\"Human Nature\", \"She's Out of My Life\", \"Thriller\"" . . . . . . "\"Gone Too Soon\" is a ballad recorded and popularized by American musician Michael Jackson. It was written and composed by Larry Grossman and Buz Kohan. Dionne Warwick first performed the song in 1983 as a dedication to Janis Joplin and Karen Carpenter. Jackson's version of \"Gone Too Soon\" was dedicated to the memory of Jackson's friend Ryan White, a teenager from Kokomo, Indiana who came to national attention, after being expelled from his school for having HIV/AIDS."@en .