King of Pop remembered on his first Anniversary
Chamari Senanayake
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Child fans light candles around Jackson’s image in Jammu, India.
Picture AP |
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The U.S. Embassy in Moscow became the focus of Russian fans.
Picture AP |
There were tears and sadness on the first anniversary of King of
Pop’s death on Friday, but also an atmosphere of celebration, as his
music blasted from portable stereos and impersonators did their best
attempts at the moon walk. At Jackson’s final resting place at the
Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles, hundreds of fans, some
weeping, filed past barricades since morning to get close to the
mausoleum where Jackson is interred.
While Michael’s siblings paid their respects to their fallen brother
with a trip to his mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale,
Calif., the King of Pop’s mother, Katherine, flew with Michael’s kids to
their family’s old home in Gary, Ind., for the unveiling of a monument
in honour of the first anniversary of her global-superstar son’s death.
Unveiling the Tombstone like monument she said “This past year has been
very hard on the family, If it wasn’t for the help of all of you, we
wouldn’t have made it through.”
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This never before seen image of Jackson was originally intended
for his final studio album, Invincible, and was released for his
anniversary Picture EPA |
Janet Jackson and brothers Germaine, Tito and Randy, made the
pilgrimage to Forest Lawn, then gathered with other family members for
lunch at a private Beverly Hills home, according to a source close to
the family.
A steady stream of mourners dropped off flowers and other mementos at
the Jackson family’s Encino compound throughout the day, as well. A
group of Michael Jackson fans released 400 doves near his mausoleum as
shouts of “We love you, Michael!” rang out through the crowd.
Patriarch Joe Jackson, meanwhile, picked the same day to file a
wrongful death suit against Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael’s private
physician who’s been charged with manslaughter. The complaint also
states that Murray tried to “clean-up the scene” before Emergency
medical team arrived.
Something new has emerged; Dr. Murray told cops he was monitoring
Michael when he gave him Propofol with a pulse oximeter, which measures
the level of oxygen in a patient’s blood. But according to the suit,
when police searched the scene, they found the oximeter “in the closet
in the next room.”
The complaint alleges Dr. Murray felt he could change his story for
his convenience, from Jackson had no drug problem, to Jackson was
addicted to Propofol, because he kept no medical records, as required by
California law.
Recently there have been claims that that Dr. Murray was at a strip
club, drinking, hours before Jackson died. The complaint says Jackson
had a weak pulse while he was being worked on at UCLA.
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The monument that Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine helped
unveil at his birth place Gary, Indiana. Picture Reuters |
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A section outside Jackson’s final resting place. Picture Tmz |
The strong intimation, had Dr. Murray told UCLA doctors that Propofol
was a factor, they could have taken steps to save Jackson’s life.
However, fans all over the world mourned King of Pop on Friday, some in
their own traditions, and you can see only a few here. |
