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Joe Jackson Was Only Paid For Travel To Son's Gary Memorial: Mayor

AP | Posted 09.14.2009 | Chicago


GARY, Ind. - The mayor of Gary, Ind., said Friday his cash-strapped city paid $5,000 to fly Michael Jackson's father and seven other people out from L...

Joe Jackson Charged Gary To Attend Son's Memorial

Post-Tribune | Jon Seidel | Posted 09.14.2009 | Chicago


Joe Jackson and an Illinois-based musical group charged the city of Gary $5,000 to attend a memorial last month for Jackson's son, the late pop star M...

Gary Seeks Historic Status For Michael Jackson's Boyhood Neighborhood

Post-Tribune | Jon Seidel | Posted 09.05.2009 | Chicago


Mayor Rudy Clay said a team planning a museum to honor late pop star and Gary native Michael Jackson agreed Monday to seek historical status for the M...

Michael Jackson Hometown Memorial: Crowds Flooding Gary

AP | TOM COYNE | Posted 08.10.2009 | Chicago


GARY, Ind. — Michael Jackson's boyhood hometown bade farewell to the King of Pop on Friday with a celebration of his life and music. More than ...

Tour Company Capitalizing On Michael Jackson's Death With Indiana Hometown Tour

The Times | Christine Kraly | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago


For $55, you now can take what is being pitched as "an amazing journey," an insider's guide to Gary, home of "the greatest show business family EVER,"...

Michael Jackson Mourned In Gary Hometown During LA Memorial (SLIDESHOW)

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago


GARY, Ind. (AP) -- Wearing Michael Jackson T-shirts and listening to hits like "Billie Jean," dozens of fans gathered at the late pop icon's boyhood h...

Michael Jackson Memorial In Gary Lines Up Performers

Post-Tribune | Jon Seidel | Posted 08.02.2009 | Chicago


Former Miss Indiana Kellee Patterson and singer Deniece Williams, both Gary natives, have agreed to perform at the city's memorial service for pop sta...

Michael Jackson's Gary Indiana Hometown Should Be His Burial Place, Tourist Attraction: Mayor

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago


GARY, Ind. (AP) -- The hardscrabble city of Gary, Ind., which rose to prosperity in its steelmaking heyday and saw its fortunes fall with the industry...

Michael Jackson Mourned In Gary, Indiana Hometown

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 07.26.2009 | Chicago


GARY, Ind. — The hardscrabble city of Gary, Ind., which rose to prosperity in its steelmaking heyday and saw its fortunes fall with the industry...