Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009, in a desperate search for sleep as he prepared for a comeback tour that he hoped would pull him out of deep debt and restore his reputation as the world’s top entertainer.
Events of the past five years revealed how that desperation ultimately killed Jackson.
Michael Jackson fans placed flowers on his grave at the Forest Lawn cemetery just outside Los Angeles this week to mark the fifth anniversary of his death, and gathered at Jackson’s star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame at 10pm to sing, light candles and display flags from around the world. Die-hard Jackson fans staged a flash mob on Sunday.
Jackson fans in the Netherlands gathered at Scheveningen Beach to commemorate his death by lighting lanterns.
Just last month, the singer moonwalked across a Las Vegas stage in a nationally televised hologram performance. A new album recently debuted at No 2 on music charts and a traveling Cirque du Soleil show based on Jackson’s songs has logged nearly 500 performances worldwide.
