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GARY, Ind. (AP) — Michael Jackson’s children and father visited
the late pop star’s boyhood home in Gary, Ind., as the town
celebrated what would have been his 53rd birthday.
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Hundreds of fans took part in activities outside the house in
Jackson Street over the weekend ahead of Jackson’s birthday on
Monday.
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Thirteen-year-old Paris Jackson told WLS-TV that she enjoyed seeing
so many fans at the house when she and her brothers, 14-year-old
Prince and 9-year-old Blanket, visited on Saturday.
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The Post-Tribune of Merrillville reports that Jackson’s father Joe
attended activities at the home on Sunday.
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The Jackson family moved from Indiana to California in 1969 after
the Jackson 5 struck it big. Jackson died in June 2009.
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