Michael Jackson's 'Heal the World' song to raise money for murdered toddler James Bulger

A two-year-old toddler named James Bulger was abducted and murdered by two 10-year-old boys Jon Venables and Robert Thompson in 1993. Michael Jackson became aware of the story and reached out to his mother, Denise Fergus, from Kirkby, Merseyside. She has created the 'James Bulger Red Balloon Centre Appeal which raises funds for a learner centre for bullied children who cannot attend mainstream schools.'

According to DigitalSpy, Denise Fergus commented on MJ reaching out: "[Michael] was aware of James as he sent a personal message to me with a large basket of flowers. He wrote a couple of lines for James and he named it 'Child of Innocence'. We played Michael's song at James's funeral. I've listened to 'Heal The World' over and over again and it gave me such a buzz when we found out we could release it to raise money for the James Bulger House." Fergus continued: "The words in the song are very touching. I feel the world does need healing with children committing crimes. It is very upsetting the way the world is at the moment, bullying is going on everywhere."

This is just one of the many examples of MJ reaching out to make a difference in the lives of others. A group of performers will release a new version of MJ's 'Heal the World' (which he permitted before his passing), and the song will be available for download on October 26th.

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Attention Michael Jackson supporters: There is a wonderful new project in the form of a portrait that millions of fans worldwide can take part in. A Portrait of Michael Jackson created from millions of hand-drawn dots will invite millions of fans worldwide to become part of Jackson's legacy by getting a free dot in the portrait in their name. A dot is not drawn on the canvas until someone signs up for it; at least one million fans (dots) are needed to complete the image of the King of Pop, with room in the portrait for many more millions to participate. The organizers of this tribute have the support of Ken Kragen, who was responsible for "We Are the World," The Robson Family (Joy, Wade and Chantal), and Don Wilson, the creator / director / producer of the "Man in the Mirror" video. Proceeds will be donated to several charities that were dear to Michael, including The Make A Wish Foundation. Every single hand-drawn dot David places on his canvas represents a real person. People have joined David's projects from over 150 countries. Every Michael Jackson fan will be able to get a free hand-drawn dot added to the portrait in their name. Thus far people representing over 100 countries have signed up to take part in this project. The Michael Jackson Tribute Portrait is a partner of The Michael Jackson Fan Club (http://www.MJfanclub.net), the largest Michael Jackson fan club in the world, which was supported by Jackson himself.

You can now sign up at SupportJacksonPortrait.com for your dot. The portrait starts on August 28th. A dedicated website will be created so people can sign up for their free dot. People will be able to attach a message to their dot if they choose. Every time someone signs up, a dot will be hand drawn in the work of art in their name. People will be able to go online to see the portrait as it evolves toward completion and read some of the messages.

Please sign up at SupportJacksonPortrait.com and be a part of this tribute to the King of Pop.

Read the interview with artist David Ilan here. Allan 'Big Al' Scanlan and Brian Friedman remember Michael Jackson, read the interview here.

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These are the beautiful things which Michael never got credit for doing. He couldn't be accused of doing good which he did, he could only be accused of doing horrible things which he didn't do. When he died the media had everyone believing he himself was taking all types of drugs which may have contributed to his death, they already had him dead from a mixture of Demerol and morphine, now what? since the autopsy report says he had no drugs in his system but what the crazy doctor gave him, you don't hear anything about that plastered all over the internet oh no, they want something discussting to make Michael look like a horrible person instead of the good person he is. "Good" means "going beyond what is required" Michael always did that when it came to helping people and especially children. He was a very good person and a beautiful man. The media can never redeem themselves with Michael they've caused too much damage and are now hated by his fans. I love you more Sweet Michael. R.I.P

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Prasanna 2 years ago

We support vindication of MJ by mainstream media. MJ was exonerated by a jury of
his peers. Not good enough. For his children's sake, mainstream media must
become more responsible. We discuss how truth can compel mainstream media to
publicly admit it wrongly accused MJ of despicable crimes. Many people still
believe MJ was guilty. They were influenced to believe the allegations by a
biased mainstream media.No links allowed here so search at Yahoo Groups for "vindication better than tributes."
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Paula 2 years ago

These are the beautiful things which Michael never got credit for doing. He couldn't be accused of doing good which he did, he could only be accused of doing horrible things which he didn't do. When he died the media had everyone believing he himself was taking all types of drugs which may have contributed to his death, they already had him dead from a mixture of Demerol and morphine, now what? since the autopsy report says he had no drugs in his system but what the crazy doctor gave him, you don't hear anything about that plastered all over the internet oh no, they want something discussting to make Michael look like a horrible person instead of the good person he is. "Good" means "going beyond what is required" Michael always did that when it came to helping people and especially children. He was a very good person and a beautiful man. The media can never redeem themselves with Michael they've caused too much damage and are now hated by his fans. I love you more Sweet Michael. R.I.P
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Jackie Rose 2 years ago

This is freakin funny...thats weird and insane yea its good to help someone with stuff like children but it aint going to make or change anything that happened to that kid...or make her feel better...rip michael j but damn
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