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@ timeline 8:45 (just click) daughter Paris Jackson emotionally says goodbye to her father. Live all-star performance of "We Are The World" and "Heal The World" and Michael Jackson's casket leaving the Staples Center on Gone Too Soon, sung by Usher.

Michael Jacksons daughter broke down in tears as she spoke of her love for him at his memorial service. Paris the late Thriller stars second child - joined the late pop icons siblings on stage at Los Angeles Staples Center on Tuesday (07.07.09) to pay an emotional tribute to her father.
The singers for "We Are The World" were the backing vocalists chosen by Michael Jackson to support him in the London O2 Arena concerts. Their names are:
DARRYL PHINNESSEE: There comes a time...
KEN STACEY: there are people dying ...
DORIAN HOLLEY: we cant go on...
JUDITH HiLL: we are all a part of ...(more about her below)
ORIANTHI PANGARIS: we are the world

Judith Hill singing lead in "Heal The World".
"When the all-star Michael Jackson memorial ceremony in Los Angeles came to an end, millions of fans watching the event became curious about the young woman who sang lead on Jacksons Heal the World. The mystery singer was Judith Hill, a Pasadena, California-based vocalist who was recruited to be one of the backup singers for Jacksons This Is It! concerts at Londons O2 Arena. Hill wowed the crowd and the millions watching around the world with her rendition of the Dangerous song, but her identity had most viewers baffled — the We Are the World and Heal the World performers werent identified in the handouts at the Staples Center or on any other documents distributed to the press. According to the bio on Hills official Website, Judith was born in Los Angeles and raised in a family of musicians. Her mother is an immigrant from Japan who met her father in a funk band in the 1970s. Hill is described as discovering her love of music at an early age while growing up in a deeply religious household, which led her to attend the Christian university Biola University in Southern California. Hills bio says the singer next headed to France after graduation to perform with French singer Michel Polnareff. France is where I collected my stories, Hill writes. It was everything from finding true love, to sitting on the curb with gypsies, to running away from thugs (dont ask), to just taking in the beauty of such an amazing country. I came back rich. From there, Hill returned to the States, begin work on her own album (three songs are currently streaming on Hills MySpace page) and ultimately became a crew member on whats described as the biggest production in concert history, Michael Jacksons This Is It! concerts. On June 8th 2009, Hill announced on her official Website that she would be joining the cast of Jacksons run at Londons O2 Arena. Judith will be touring with Michael Jackson in a few weeks. You can catch her on stage in London at the 02 Arena, reads a post. Sadly, the This Is It! run was canceled, but Hill and her fellow crew members played an important role in MJ memorial service, and Hill will likely feature in the tribute concert AEG Live is reportedly planning using the This Is It! production."
SOURCE: Rolling Stone Magazine

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  • Paris is smiling, I would give all the money in the world to keep a smile on his children's face.

    That's what Michael would want.

    RIP MJ.

  • you guys are cold bastards. You think that just because they weren't naturally his, makes things different? He still raised them, and love them with all his heart, we didn't live in that house, and we can't judge micheal.

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  • @AirRaider56 u r going to hell

  • @cathrinblue you can turn them off.....

  • hit the red thing on the bottom of video. do not click on the anotion......

  • R.I.P the guy who touched little boys. hes in hell now.

  • Illuminati symbols in the back.... how ironic they where the ones who killed Michael.

  • R.I.P the king of pop.

  • move the screens

  • to be onest the new edition of this song was a BIG failure

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