{"id":4861,"date":"2011-06-25T00:35:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T00:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=4861"},"modified":"2011-06-25T00:35:02","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T00:35:02","slug":"gary-indiana-to-pay-tribute-to-michael-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/06\/gary-indiana-to-pay-tribute-to-michael-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Indiana To Pay Tribute To Michael Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script><object width=\"630\" height=\"390\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1CN8jVGsm-w?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1CN8jVGsm-w?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"630\" height=\"390\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The city of Gary will mark the second anniversary of Michael Jackson\u2019s death with a memorial tribute today at his boyhood home. \u201cThe world can expect a \u2018Tribute to Michael\u2019 every year in June in Gary, Indiana,\u201d Mayor Rudy Clay said in a press release. \u201cThe world is invited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gary will honor its \u201cfavorite son\u201d 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. 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