LOS ANGELES - Using Michael Jackson’s famous sequin glove and dancing shoes, his children, Paris, Prince and Blanket immortalized their father at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on Thursday, January 26.
Paris used one of her father’s famous sequined globes to create an impression while Prince and Blanket pressed a pair his shoes into the wet cement. All three children also added their own handprints during the ceremony.
Click here to watch the entire ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese Theater.
Included with those imprints made on Thursday, brother Jackie said will be Michael’s footprints and signature that were found in the basement of a closed Las Vegas hotel just before it was torn down in 1994 for a Las Vegas walk of fame project that didn’t materialize.
"It's a very good celebration and I know if Michael was here he would agree, to see all his friends and loved ones, and especially his fans here to celebrate this with him," Michael’s mother Katherine Jackson said.
Some of the celebrities who spoke at the tribute were Quincy Jones who produced Jackson’s “Thriller” album, Smokey Robinson who said Michael was “my little brother” and Justin Bieber who performed singing Jackson’s hit ‘Rockin Robin’.
Paris Jackson introduced Bieber. "I know my father would've wanted to be a mentor to someone like him, and would be very proud that he came to today's celebration," she said.
Bieber spoke emotionally about Jackson. "I want to have that perfection, I want to, you know, be the best I can be, that's what Michael did," Bieber said. "He always wanted to be the best he could be."
Video – Justin Bieber pays tribute to Michael Jackson at Grauman’s Chinese.
Photo Slideshow – Ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.
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