Las Vegas Weekly

July 7, 2009 · 1:24 PM

Photo Gallery: Fans gather for televised Michael Jackson memorial

By Robin Leach

The televised Michael Jackson memorial tribute at Planet Hollywood.

Photo: Erik Kabik/Retna/www.erikkabikphoto.com

The video screens stretching across the length of Planet Hollywood and its Miracle Mile shops were all tuned to the CNN telecast of the Michael Jackson memorial tribute at Staples Center in Los Angeles this morning.

Fans stood watching for the entire 150-minute service of tribute speeches, song remembrances and even a little politicking. The stereo sound was pumped through the state-of-the-art, wall-to-wall, mega sound system, too.

Fans on the Strip applauded, cheered, went silent at appropriate moments and sang along with the stellar list of stars who entertained, but they also shed tears when Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris Michael Katherine closed the broadcast crying how much she loved her father.

Click HERE for video highlights of the memorial tribute compiled by Yahoo.

Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world’s premier platinum playground.

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