Jackson death anniversary marked

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Source: guardian

Michael Jackson fans in the US are remembering him on the first anniversary of his death.

The King of Pop died exactly a year ago, aged just 50, after suffering a heart attack.

Harlem's Apollo Theatre, where a young Jackson and his brothers won amateur night, is to hosts a commemoration of his life.
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Barricades have been set up at Jackson's Los Angeles-area cemetery for the huge throng of fans and some of his relatives expected to arrive.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9143664

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here's the program, at the Apollo.
http://www.apollotheater.org/Apollo_Jackson.html

[dipsydoodle]

1. Apparently the additional income to his estate since his death

is now c. US$1 billion.

Michael Jackson has earned nearly a billion dollars - £675million - since his death a year ago this week.

At that time he was preparing for a gruelling 50-date tour in a desperate bid to revive his fortunes and stave off his creditors, but the American music bible Billboard reported that his estate’s income has exceeded his £340million debt.

Some 24million of his albums have been sold around the world in the last year, plus a million more records by the Jackson Five and the Jacksons, making about £250million in record sales.

About £3.3million has come in from ringtone sales.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1288592/Michael-Jackson-1BILLION-died.html#ixzz0rqzUsEek

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1288592/Michael-Jackson-1BILLION-died.html

[liberal N proud]

2. Michael Jackson who?

[Mudoria]

3. Has it been a year?

Still haven't missed him.

[TEXASYANKEE]

4. It took a year for his death to finally leave the news.

And now it's the anniversary. Good gawd.

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5. the news is not him. it is the millions celebrating his memory around the world. that's news. n/t