SYDNEY — Morning television shows from Sydney to Tokyo interrupted programs Friday to report the news of Michael Jackson’s death, while online fan pages dedicated to the King of Pop became impromptu memorial sites.
In Sydney — where Jackson married second wife Debbie Rowe in 1996 — commuters in the business district stopped outside television studios to watch coverage on outdoor monitors.
“It’s a terrible day for us all. We will now start remembering him for what he was, the greatest star ever,” Christos Winter wrote on his Facebook fan page, which previously had been devoted to a petition to convince the star to add Australia to his concert tour planned for this year.
The morning shows devoted full coverage to the Jackson’s death, alternating reporting from Los Angeles with viewers’ e-mails of memories and condolences.
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