Music | July 07, 2009 | 3 comments

Tearful daughter Paris speaks at Michael Jackson memorial

source: http://www.examiner.com/x-10853-Portland-Humanist-Examiner~y2009m7d7-Tearful-daughter-Paris-...

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Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris, said a tearful farewell to her father at the conclusion of a thoughtful and uplifting memorial service for the King of Pop. While approximately 20,000 people attended the service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, a world wide television audience watched in awe.

After a slight delay, Michael Jackson's memorial got off to an emotional beginning as Mariah Carey performed a version of the Jackson 5's biggest hit, "I'll Be There". Nearly 3,000 miles away New Yorkers marked the solemn occasion by gathering to watch the event on a jumbo screen high above Times Square. As the memorial began, a light rain began to fall in New York, scattering the Times Square observers, metaphorical tears from heaven. Fans also gathered to watch the event on a screen in Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood. No doubt people gathered around the world, in large groups or small, to watch the spectacle and appreciate a genius passed.
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    • On the day of his death I was, I believe, appropriately saddened that he had passed. Since then I have managed to avoid nearly all of the coverage. But I must admit that I was glad my wife forced me to the front of our (shudder) television to watch Jackson's daughter speak. The crack in her voice was at once the most honest and most wrenching tributes to the man her father was.

      I am certain he would not have wanted to cause that kind of pain in his daughter's life. Nonetheless, my estimation of him rose a great deal in that moment. It has been about 25 years since he produced music that was of any interest to me. But he must have treasured that little girl for her to speak of him that way. That is a legacy far more important than any gold record...

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