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Update: Michael Jackson Birthday Block Party Location Change, Andy Warhol’s Michael Portrait Is Sold, and Michael’s Burial Is Postponed. Again.

• August 22, 2009 • 3 Comments

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Tags: 1984, Andy Warhol, Brooklyn, Burial, DJ Spinna, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Fort Greene Park, Home-Schooled, Katherine Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Portrait, Prospect Park, Spike Lee, The Borough of Brooklyn, The Buckley School, The Eighties, The Hamptons, The Nethermead, The Seventies, The Vered Gallery, Time Magazine, Tito Jackson, TMZ.com

Spike Lee Throwing Memorial Block Party for Michael Jackson in Fort Greene, Brooklyn on His Birthday

• August 18, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Gossip, Michael Jackson, Music, Music Videos, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Michael Jackson Day", "The Los Angeles Times", "They Don't Really Care About Us", August 29, Blanket Jackson, Brooklyn, DJ Spinna, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Fort Greene Park, Gary IN, Joe Jackson, Las Vegas, Las Vegas NV, Marshall Thompson, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Murder, Spike Lee, The Chi-Lites, The Jackson Five, The Root, The Rust Belt, TMZ.com

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The Guardian, UK

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Trump vents over Ukraine as Biden attacks 'overwhelming abuse of power' September 21, 2019
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Egyptian forces fire teargas at anti-Sisi protesters in Cairo September 21, 2019
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US to deploy more troops to Saudi Arabia after attack on oil industry September 21, 2019
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Riot police fire teargas at Hong Kong protesters as unrest escalates September 21, 2019
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The BBC

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