Funeral Michael Jackson
The funeral of Michael Jackson took place on the morning of July 8th 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Networks were interrupted from their regular programming, 24hr news stations never left it, and the streets along with the rest of the television and online world stopped to look and listen.
Michael Jackson’s star-studded concert-like memorial reflected the superstar’s phenomenally influential, successful and legendary yet bizarre life. He’d bracketed history and supermarket tabloids. So much so, just a few of the names involved in the funeral of Michael Jackson included Brooke Shields, Mariah Carey and Nelson Mandela. Not to mention all the members of the Jackson family who not only shared the same blood but also the talent.
All day at the funeral for Michael Jackson, the fans who were gathered around the Staples Center in Los Angeles repeatedly said that Michael Jackson songs and his albums were the soundtracks of their youth. Michael Jackson videos also made their mark in musical history and had influenced avid music lovers the world over to think outside the box and push your creative boundaries.
The fateful morning of his death on June 25th 2009, Michael Jackson news was in high demand in the online world and his songs and videos were streaming in all corners of every media outlet possible. At the relatively young age of 50, Jackson’s death brought a tragic end to a long and sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980’s where he was known to be a figure of unity between black and white music and had shattered the race barrier on MTV whilst dominating the charts and dazzling on stage. The funeral of Michael Jackson wasn’t short of any displays of these legendary qualities as some of the biggest names in show business paid their respects and gave some moving speeches. The highlight of the ceremony took place when his eldest daughter Paris Michael Jackson, 11, who is often seen behind masks stepped to the microphone saying “Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you can ever imagine, and I just wanted to say I love him so much” whilst sobbing in her aunt Janet’s arms.
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