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Michael Jackson's fans have joined members of the pop star's family for a vigil outside the childhood home of the late star, on what would have been his 54th birthday.
Fans danced to Jackson's music before the singer's children and mother arrived at the house at 2300 Jackson St in Gary, Indiana.
The house is where the King of Pop, his siblings and their parents lived until 1969.
Events planned by the family in Gary include a dinner Friday and a concert Saturday.
Before the vigil, Jackson's children, 14-year-old Paris and 15-year-old Prince Michael, were given blue Team Gary T-shirts by Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson as they posed for pictures at a casino overlooking Lake Michigan.
Paris and Prince Michael didn't speak during the brief presentation. Later, in the moments before the vigil was to start, the two, joined by Jackson's other child, Prince Michael II, signed autographs outside the Jackson home.
Jackson's sister LaToya told the crowd the family's musical fame started in the city, east of Chicago, and in "this little house." After saying, "We all love you, Michael," LaToya folded her hands and looked to the sky.
Last week, a Los Angeles judge appointed the pop star's nephew, TJ Jackson, to share guardianship responsibilities for the late singer's three children with family matriarch Katherine Jackson.
TJ Jackson was appointed a temporary guardian last month when Katherine Jackson was incommunicado during a stay at an Arizona spa with relatives.
