The city of Gary will mark the second anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death with a memorial tribute today at his boyhood home. “The world can expect a ‘Tribute to Michael’ every year in June in Gary, Indiana,” Mayor Rudy Clay said in a press release. “The world is invited.”
Gary will honor its “favorite son” from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the modest, one-level house at 2300 Jackson St. where the King of Pop lived before he and his family left Gary for California in 1969. The free-admission tribute is expected to include vendors selling summer fare such as ice cream. The outdoor event is likewise scheduled to roll out the music of Jackson, who died June 25, 2009, at age 50.
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