Posted on 07/02/2009 7:17:35 PM PDT by Borges
PITTSBURGH – Tilesha McClurkin wanted to join other Michael Jackson fans to celebrate his life, but she knew she wouldn't be able to go to whatever official memorial celebration might be held.
So she and 125 other people packed a Pittsburgh funeral home Thursday to watch videos and dance performances and sing along to the King of Pop's hits.
"Turn this sucker up," someone in the audience yelled as Jackson's "Rock with You" video was played. Another woman mimicked Jackson's footwork in his "Billie Jean" video as the audience cheered her on.
"This is as close as I can get," said the 34-year-old McClurkin, who wore a red denim jacket bedecked with zippers — just like the Jackson-esque red leather one she had in sixth grade. "How do you love someone so much you've never met? ... Why did I feel so much when he died?"
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Rocky Twyman, a volunteer at a soup kitchen at the First Seventh-day Adventist Church in Washington, D.C., helped organize a Jackson tribute Wednesday for homeless people.
"The homeless don't have the Internet and everything," he said. "And they wanted to do something to show how much they cared about Michael Jackson."
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Michael Jackson was an adorable pedophile.
These people are sick. Every single one.
propofol = milk of amnesia
These people have nothing spiritual to support them in this life, so they turn to a Jackson figure.
Michael Jackson...
- Half a BILLION dollars in debt.
- Shovel Ready.
- Everyone thinks he’s a Rock Star.
This guy should have been President!
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