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Watch live as Michael Jackson fans gather at a California cemetery on Tuesday, 25 June, to mark 15 years since he died. Crowds are due to visit Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, where many other stars are buried, to pay their respects to the singer. Jackson, known as the King of Pop, died at his Los Angeles home from a cardiac arrest as a result of a propofol overdose, aged 50, on 25 June 2009. His personal doctor Conrad Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. He had three children, sons Michael Jr, Bibi, formerly known as Blanket, and daughter Paris. Before his solo career, with albums that have been credited with having transformative impacts on popular music, Jackson achieved worldwide fame as as a child star as part of the Jackson 5 with his brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon. Watch more on Independent TV: The Independent is the world’s most free-thinking newsbrand, providing global news, commentary and analysis for the independently-minded. Subscribe: Find us on social: TikTok / @independent Instagram / X (Twitter) / Facebook / Download the iOS & Android app: Sign up to our newsletters: Help to support truly independent journalism. Every dollar you contribute will directly fund additional special reports and investigations from a free-thinking, award-winning newsroom you can trust:
