and never cam dn. though it ended way too soon, michl's li was beautiful. surethere were some s times and maybe some questionable decisions on his part, but michaelackson accomplished everythinge dreamed of. at 10 years ol head passion. had passion to be the greatest entertainer in th rld and he was willing t work hard to do whatever i tok toecome what he indeedbecame, the ndisputeding of pop the world over. what kid wouldn't give his right

arm to fulfil his wildest childhood dreams michael loved it all,very ment on stage. every moment in rehearsal. michael loved creating what had never be done before. he loved everythingand everybody, especially his fans. i must say though that heid have two personaties. offstage he was shy, ft-spoken and child-like. but when he took the stage in front of his screaming fanse turned intonother person, a master, take--prisoners showman. it was like kill or beilled. imean, michael was asome.

totally in charge. fact, the more i think and talk about michael jackson, i feel the king of pop is not big enough for him. i think he is simply, i think he is simply theeatest entertnethat ever lived.

michael, thank you, tha you for the joy. thank you for the love. you wilive in my heart rever. i love you. ♪ hey! ♪

>> michael jackson.n. "man in the e mioror." >> michael j jkskson. >> est-selling record in america. >> again i say tnk you, thank you, god. in the past i've gone from, "where is he?" to "here he iagain." >> i love you michael. >> it feels good to be thoughgh of as a person, not as a personality. >> fam fortuneth're all illuons. ♪hoho said hoho! ♪

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♪ and i'llgo ♪ welll i'll g ♪ no o one can be ♪ beberomyy dtiny ♪ mimihahael, they n'tgogo ♪ theyeywowot go where you go i love you, brother. i veveou.

you. >>aul y'all kn t tt nobody gave his all ontata like michael jackson. michael l wasslso a true humanitarian wh gave ass mu of thetatage as heidid onontage.

mimichll andisis famamil came fm huhule roots and michael a alws cared very deeply for those ini ne, , an beyondall of his records that he brokee a a cocordgartist,, michaelven made thehe "guinness bookok of d records" for most chities supporteted a aop star. bebecae he gave so mucuch to s mamanyffs for so long, michael jackson will be with us s foveve >> i i met j jerinine ckson ande was a season hololdefofothe lakersrs. we became friends anand b beg to invititmeme out to t tir ho.

then i got t know theroroers and theisisrs andisis crcredle mother afather. we loved tolay thth firerecrkeke and just have fun. an rrrry, just like y you lststo th jackson insoftball, so i di weadad incrcredlele tes gether. then j jacee invited me togo on totourith the others. d then iotot to see the gegeusus of miichl l jackskson he was s incredibib.. he always hadoommd f,f, not only theband, h brothers, but also the audience. iruru believe tatat michael mama me a betterer point g gua babaskball player ass i watched him be so brave a a bebe e greatest enterertaerer ever. from therere, chael called meme one da an sd,d, i want t to tak to you about being in a video, emember the time."

buii hado double cckck with jackie to makeke sure it was really micicha b bause i was scared to dedehh to go erer to hihouse because t th was my id.. he was everyththg g to me.e. so i wewentver to s house to have nner. thth c ch came ound said whhat would yoyolilike i said some grgrild d icken. so a we beginin to talkk about e video o an w wt hehewawant me t do, t t chefroroug meutut the grilled chicken, tt he bouough michael out a bucket t ofenencky fried d chkeken. d i ntnt cry y like, wawait minute, mihahael you eat ntntky frieiedchicken? th made my y. atatas the greatest momentnt o my life. we had suu a good t tim sittiti

on the floor eating ththatucucke of kentuckckfrfriechicken. an i w wan to say this.s. this is a c celration of h h lilife of h h legacy. ii wtt thank michael for opopining so many drsrs f afafrin-n-ericans to be on daytime shows,late-ninighshows. he allowed kobe andnd i t tohav oureerss inpeople's memes rorosshe world because h was already the. he opened allll those d dors fo us. his s the e ildren will have t t mo incredible grandmother that god s put on this eartrth take care ofof tm.m.

chael's three childrennwiwi haveve incredible uncles a and t take care of t theasasell. anthey will haveve plenenty of cousins toto pay tt m mayod contitieeo bless thth i incdidibl mimi. we say that we'rerrayg for you. remain strong. we want to tnk the city of l ls angeles s fo putting this on,aeg for p putngng this o and may gd ntinue to bless you, michahael

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will you stitill care wiwillouou be t thee in my trialss and my triributitis thugugh our doubub and frururaratis ininy v vioncnce in my turbulence roroug my fear an my c coesessis in my anguish and my pains through m my joy and sorroww in theroromi of anonoerer momoow i'll never let you parart for you're aays in my heart ♪

>> we love you, michaeael. >> alll over the wldld today people are gaatheded in loo vigils t celelrarate the lifefe a mann that taught the wld how to love. people may be wondering why thther susuch an e emoonal outbtbur.. you would have t understand the

joururneofofichael tonderstand wh he meant t t a all of us. for tthe, the jackson family, mother and fthth with nine chchdrdrenhat rose from a working class family in g gar india indidian they had nothihingutut aream. none believed in thosose d da th these kindf dreams couldd meme true,ut thehe kept on believevin and michael neneve let the worl turn himaround fromhihis dreams. i first met michael around 1970 black exexpo chicago, illinois. reverend jesse j jaconon stood thisamily till now. and from t that d as aute kidid toto ts moment, ever ga up drdrms. it wthat dreamhhat changege cuure all over the world.

en michael started, w a differerenworld, butt because michael kepeptt gogong, because didn't acceptt litations, beususheefefed to let people cicideis bounundaeses heopopen up thehoho wod.d. in the m micic wwld, he puput e glove, pulllledisis pants u u and brokee down t the colol cucn where now w ou videos are shhow andd gagazis put us onn the cocove it was michaell jkson that brought blacks andnd wheses and asians and lininos tother. it was michael jackson thatadade us sising "we are t t wowod" a feeded the hungrgry long beforee d.

because michael jacksonon kept going. herrted a comfofort level with pepele that f fel eyey were papara became interconnectedd with his music. anan it w w thatt c coort level that kids from japanndnd g gha and france and iowa and pepennlvania got comfortable enough withach other soo later it wasn't strangege to uso wath opopraonon tetelesion. itit w wn't strange to watch t r woodods golf. the young kds grgrew up from being teenagecomfortable fanan of m miael tobebein 40 years old and beingng comfortable e vote for a pepers o ocolor to be esesidt of the united stateses michael did thatat. michael made us s lo e eacother.

michael taught usoo stand with each other. ere are t tho t th likik to d aroundndms, but mllllns around the world, we're ining to hold hi message. it's nototbobout mess,tt's abou his lolove message. asououlimb up steep mountains, sotitime you scscar your knee. sometimemes u u brk your iin, but don't't cucus on the scsc.. focus on the journrney michael rose to ththe p.p. he outsananis cycycscs. he outdanced h dotete. heoutperformed the pessimists. every time heot knockeked down he got bckck uup. every titi y countedd h ut, he caame ba .. michael never stopop miaeaenever stops. chchaenever stops.

iwant to say tmrs. jaacknn and joe acacon, his sisters and brothers, w we thank you f f giving uomeone that t tugught us love. someone that taught usus hoe.e. wewewant to thank yoyo bcause w know itas your dream, o.o. we knonothat your heartrt is bren. i knowow y you haveome comfort fr a letter of t thereredent of t theninitestates and nelson mamaela, but this was your chchd. thiswawas your brother. this was yourcousin. nothing willill yourur heart't' loss, , tt i hope the loveeoeopl ee showingwiwi makeke ynono he didn't live inin ain. i w wt h t the childrenen to know wasn'tnonothg strange ababouyour ddad. was strange whahat y yr dadad d d deal with, but he d dea wi it.

he deaea w wit it anyway. d dea with it forus. some came e today, m mr jajasos to sayay g god-bye to michael. i came to say thank k yo ththanyouececau you nevever opped. thananyoyou causeyoyou ner gave upup. thank yoyou ususe you never gave ouou thank you because y tore down our division. thank you because you eradicated rrrrie. thank yoyobebecae you gave us hopepe. thank you, michael!l! thank you, michael! thank you, michael!!

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cod count onee too s suort h h or be hisda, a and that we wowod have fun no matter w whe we were. we had a bond. and maybebe it wasecause we b bh understotood w wt it wa l lik bebe i the stlight from a vevery very youngng age. i usedo tease h h and i say, you know, i startedhen i w was 11 months old. you are a slacker. you were whaha 5 5 both of us needed to bebe adul vevery early, t when we re totogeererwe were two lililele kids having fun.n.

never cololboborad together. wewe nevever perfofoeded tetherr danced on the same stage, although hedidid y in vain. one night to unsuccessfully teach me the moon lklk. he basically shook h his head a crsed his arms at my attempt. wewe nerer filmed a video or recorded a nn butt whateid do was laugh. it w was though itasas a coetetitn to see who could ke the other laugh morore b be sillier. chael lovedust to lalaug s heart would juststururst out of him when hee was laughing. adodod d it when i i did silly imitations or tddim s sriries

about my life.. mj's laugh w was the sweetestst purest laugh off anyone's i i h ever known. his nsnse of humor was delightful, and he wasveve mischeheouous. it ss the night bfofore izabeth tayyloss wedding. he cled me the night prior a and asked me tooinhim.m. he didn'n' nt to b be alone during the festivivits.s. it was the nightbebefo the b day. chchaeand i triedto sneak in toto gethehe first peek of the drs,s,nd we werejust giggling lili crazy an we almost passed out ininhysteteri w wn we realized elizabeth s actuallll asleep innhe bed. we thoughtht s was in a a diffffert t ro.

at theheoiointf the weddingng wn there was a first dance, babacally we had to joke ttt we were t t mototrr and father o o the bride. yes,s, i m m hahave seemedd v vd to the outside, b btt we madedet fun and we madeit real. wh he startededeaeang th ovove, was like what's up with the glove? i said ok, iff you are goingoo hold myyanand i it better b b t nongloved one becausee seqequi rely hurt me.. theyig in. he'd just shake his headd an h would smile. loved to be tsed. seseei him smile madeeouou feell like everythinin w wagogog to b alall ghght. to the ououtde wold, m mhael s aeeni with unchallengeded abilitity. to the people w w were lucky

enough knowhim rsonally, was caring and funny, honest pure, nonjaded and was a a loloveof life. he caare so deeplpl rr his faly and his friendnds d d s fans. he wasas often referrered t t a kikingbubut the micicelelhat i knew always rinded me m mor of ththe little prince. facing him now i would likik t share e a passage t thebook. "what moveses me s s deeply abo this sleepingrince isis loltltto aflower. the imagee a r ro shing wiinin him likeke the flameme wn

a lampp even wn h he leep. d d i rlilid heasas evenoore frililthan i had thought. lalampmust be prteteed. ausust of wind can blolow tmm out." michael's seititivy was evev momore traordinary thahais lelentand his true truthth resideded in his hehea. as thehe little prince also sai "eyes are blblndnd. you haveto lookk withh the heart what's most important t invisible." michchae saw e evethingitith hi heart. to his family, hisis b broerers sisters, katherine, joe, and t his chihildn,n, prince, parris, blanket,t, m myprprers are with yoyou.

michael's fafaririteong was not onofof t countless mamastpieces that he gaveus, but it was aong thatt charlie e chaplin wrote foror the movie "mern tis.s. it's calleled mimile therere' a a lili in the song t sa, "s"sle though youreaeart is aching." today,lthough o our heararts a aching, we need to lookup where hehe i is undoubtedly erered int crescentnt mnn and w we eded t smile.

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♪ what's t the use in crying ♪ you'll find that life ♪ is worthwhihile ♪ if you just slele love you, michael.

first i musust say to mrs. katherinine jackskson mr. josep jackson, the childrdrenf f miael cks jackckn,n, tmichael jackson's brbrhers and sisters and the enenti j jkson mimily our prayers s andd condolelenc are constantly w wit you. mymyatatr ocece saidd that inife one must dcocover whatheheir calling s, and whenththey dodo ththeyust doo their j job so we

at theliving, thee dead, the born could do t temem no better. he cocotatant challenged us to become oureest by sttatgg that if you cnnot be aii on t top of thehill, just b ashrub t the valley, butut be the bt little shrub o t t sidef f th roechltdtde e a sh if youcannot bebe atree. if you c cant be the highway just be a trail. if u cananno be a sun, be a stararececau it isn't b by size that y y w or you fail. you've got to be thehe b be of what you are. michael jacacononas trulyy the bestff what he was. finally, m mtitin luuth kingr saidid ttt inlife, itaalls ever y yrr l toe a sttre sweeper, youust sweep streetss

so well, in fact, youou must swp streets like beethoven composed sisic,weep seets, he said, like shahakeeaeare wrotetepopor. sweep streetet ke r rael painteted ctctur. street sweeeepso all the wells of the heaven andd e eth willll say, here is a seeee sweeper whdid his job well. ononune 25th, bauause he was the be,, i b blilieveaven andd earth did pause indee t say of michael j joshh acacks, here lives agrgrea entertainer w w did his job well.. >> to the jacksoso family,y, b a part of a world-renowned mily who has also e exririce a sudden d dthth on more than o o

occasion, m m prayer that noo on andnnotngng, public o o prate, fact or ctctio true oruurs will separatete you f fro thlolove ofodod which is in rist jesus. because timately at the e of e day, itt i is onlyly god's l thatatiill ananch you, sustain you and moveve you to a higher ground far above thnonoe of lili.. there youu ll find t t ppea, comfort and jojoy to mve forwar to advance chael's legacy. and for allof us, it is apparent that likeke our father and mother,artin and coretta king, ichael's lifefe d work wawas insnsrered by the lo of d througugutut t ages, few are

ososenrom amongng usto usese their g gtt and talent t to demonstratate gos love in an effofo tobring t world together intrtr sister a and brotherhoooo michael was such a o one he e epimized the w wdsds of o father thatt individual hsn't ststard d ling until he n rise above ththeararro confinenef h h individualistic concerns to t broader cononrnrn of humanity. chael was always concerned with others withh mamani. d d wtt the world too knonow th despite ining emoioid in cucusaons and persecutions,ss a huhumatarian, hesosoht itnonot robbery too concern himimse wit this world's otheher greatest humanitaririan o our mother durg herillness just three mohs

bebere h her death. oober 202005 i was wthth mom when michael c caled her all t wa from theiddle east. though she c culdn't spepeak cacausof her debilitatinin stroke, , sh stened as he s sid to hererhahat headad been prayi on h his kns every d day for h. ththato hi she was ererics true royoyal.. and he wawant her to know if music waseieing played in her room because oftsts heaeali effects. mymy only wish is that heooul veveeen the glow o her face.e. if facesouou smile aswe know theydodo thhat day chchae ckckn madee o our thther face smile in spite o of hercoition. whatatn n unrgettable moment.

hehe w such a t thohthtl and lfless man, full of the unconditioiol l loofof god andn good w wor t tat touched and chchand lis. he was indeeeed a shining light. lili our thermartin, a in rembmbnce of michael, m m me all bensnspidoo go and let ouour light shine.. rest in peace, ourur bthther michael.

> i'mcongrgresomoman sheila jackson lee andnd h hai from houston, texas,,utut ii come t you on behalalf the many membmberf the united ststat house of repeprentntates. i comemeo youononeeha of the cocoreressnal black caucus, chairwoman barbarar lee, a californrnia i comeo o y as every man a every mama for i iannot write mumusior dance orsinng, but io knkn an american story. and mr. a mrs. jackson andd thisonondeul faly of brothers and s sters and cousins, t to