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Michael Jackson's children visit Ind. boyhood home

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The Associated Press, Monday, August 29, 2011, 5:13am (PDT)

  • GARY, Ind. (AP) -- Michael Jackson's children and father visited the late pop star's boyhood home in Gary, Ind., as the town celebrated what would have been his 53rd birthday.

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    Hundreds of fans took part in activities outside the house in Jackson Street over the weekend ahead of Jackson's birthday on Monday.

    Thirteen-year-old Paris Jackson told WLS-TV that she enjoyed seeing so many fans at the house when she and her brothers, 14-year-old Prince and 9-year-old Blanket, visited on Saturday.

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    The Post-Tribune of Merrillville reports that Jackson's father Joe attended activities at the home on Sunday.

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    The Jackson family moved from Indiana to California in 1969 after the Jackson 5 struck it big. Jackson died in June 2009.

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