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As the Michael Jackson public memorial at the Staples Center in Los Angeles gets under way, the late pop icon’s friends and collaborators — like Usher, Brooke Shields, Magic Johnson and many others — as well as family members have arrived at the event.
Inside the Staples Center, the stage is set with flowers as well as a full band set up, where Usher, Stevie Wonder and Mariah Carey are expected to perform. Fans sit in the dimly lit Staples Center as mounted Los Angeles police are outside, keeping the largely well-behaved crowd under control. Fans are paying tribute in many ways, from signs and collages to impersonations.
In addition to collages and impersonators, fans have gathered to sign the multiple memorial walls set up outside the Staples Center.
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