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Medium pan left and right fans singing \"We Are The World\" outside Staples Center following Michael Jackson memorial service2. SOUNDBITE (English) Carlo Riley/Michael Jackson impersonator from...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles, 7 July 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Medium pan left and right fans singing \"We Are The World\" outside Staples Center following Michael Jackson memorial service\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) Carlo Riley/Michael Jackson impersonator from Denver, on the Michael Jackson memorial service: \"Up until the time I saw the casket roll out, it didn't even seem real that Michael Jackson could actually be gone. And at the point that the rolled that out, it really hit home that he really is gone. Very upsetting. I would say the worst part of the funeral was when Paris Jackson, his daughter, came out and said how wonderful Michael Jackson was. And it was just heartbreaking to hear his daughter cry, saying how wonderful he was.\"\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (English) George Martin//Fan from Donegal, Ireland, on the Michael Jackson memorial service: \"Jermaine Jackson, the way he was singing 'Smile,' I felt that there probably was the saddest part. Today, so tough on him to get up there and sing with his brother lying in front of him. I thought that was really touching.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide exterior Staples Center following Michael Jackson memorial service\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Charon McKinley/Fan from Fresno, Calif., on the Michael Jackson memorial service: \"I was good until the end, until the daughter spoke. It just brought tears to my eyes. It made it real for me. She lost her daddy. And I know how I am with my father. If I would've lost my father, I would've lost it. And before I was remembering Michael as a fan. And when she spoke then it hit me that 'Oh my God, this child has lost her dad. And so that brought tears to my eyes.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Medium flower arrangement outside Staples Center in memory of Jackson\u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE (English) Charon McKinley/Fan from Fresno, Calif., on the Michael Jackson memorial service: \"I know there's fans all over the world and everyone has a different feeling about Michael, but it did -- it brought some closure. And we're going to let him go in peace but we're going to keep his legacy going. And I'm going to put my iPod back on when I go back home. And when I walk around the track, I'm going to still listen to 'Off The Wall' and just remember this day.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jill Jiordano/Fan from Torrance, Calif., on the Michael Jackson memorial service: \"It was really touching, because most of the celebrities that were there, they spoke from the heart. They weren't really talking about -- they spoke about him as a celebrity, but it was him as a person. They focused more on him and what he did for people. And just how amazing he was and will be forever. (Reporter: 'Was there a particular moment that brought a tear to your eye?') At the end when his daughter, she spoke and said how much she missed him and how much she loved him. She started crying. It was really touching.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dana Elliott/Fan from Cerritos, Calif., on the Michael Jackson memorial service: \"You know, when Mariah Carey sang, it was very touching because at that moment you knew that he wasn't going to be here anymore.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Jonathan Wilson/Fan from Compton, Calif., on Michael Jackson's legacy: \"Well I know where he at right now. I know Michael Jackson in paradise right now. An angel. And basically, we just going to keep listening to his songs forever. For centuries and centuries. He going to be a legend in history. He's history in the making.\" \u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dana Elliott/Fan from Cerritos, Calif., on the Michael Jackson's legacy: \"I think he's just going to live forever. I think he's just going to go down in history. I think he'll become even more popular. And it's sad to say sometimes a lot of music geniuses become more popular when they're gone than when they're alive because sometimes we don't actually appreciate them when they're here on earth. So I think he's going to be appreciated now afterwards.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Fan holds Michael Jackson memorial program \u003cbr/\u003eFans at Michael Jackson's memorial service say they got chills at the sound of Jermaine Jackson singing \"Smile\" in honor of his brother and of the pop star's daughter Paris speaking at the very conclusion. \u003cbr/\u003eMany said it hadn't sank in that Jackson was even dead until the golden casket was rolled to the front of Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. \u003cbr/\u003e\"And at the point that the rolled that out, it really hit home that he really is gone,\" said Carlo Riley, a Jackson impersonator from Denver. \"Very upsetting. I would say the worst part of the funeral was when Paris Jackson, his daughter, came out and said how wonderful Michael Jackson was. And it was just heartbreaking.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFans traveled from Ireland and from all over the US for the ceremony. \u003cbr/\u003eGeorge Martin of Donegal, Ireland said Jermaine Jackson's rendition of 'Smile' was the saddest moment for him. \u003cbr/\u003e\"So tough on him to get up there and sing with his brother lying in front of him,\" he said. \"I thought that was really touching.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIn the poignant and serene service, the portrait of those closest to Jackson painted was of a human, not just an entertainer. They made clear that his loss was doubly painful to bear for those who truly loved him.\u003cbr/\u003eObservers said the memorial accomplished what Jackson could not in life: humanizing a man who for so long had seemed like a caricature.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I was good until the end, until the daughter spoke. It just brought tears to my eyes. It made it real for me. She lost her daddy. And I know how I am with my father. If I would've lost my father, I would've lost it. And before I was remembering Michael as a fan,\" said Charon McKinley of Fresno, Calif. \"And when she spoke then it hit me that 'Oh my God, this child has lost her dad. And so that brought tears to my eyes.\"\u003cbr/\u003eMany said they expected that Jackson would become even bigger and more well-respected in death than he was in life. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think he's just going to live forever. I think he's just going to go down in history,\" said Dana Elliott of Cerritos, Calif. \"I think he'll become even more popular. And it's sad to say sometimes a lot of music geniuses become more popular when they're gone than when they're alive because sometimes we don't actually appreciate them when they're here on earth. 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