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A fan grieves for Michael Jackson at UCLA on Thursday, June 25th. \u00a92009 Derek Henry Flood<\/p><\/div>\n

In a brief departure from my Middle East\/South Asia blogging, I covered the death of the King of Pop here in Los Angeles yesterday for Polaris Images<\/a> and the Huffington Post<\/a>. I’ve never covered a non-political related event before but Jackson was a global star and it’s not the usual utterly vapid entertainment story. His early career and style shaped the lives on many from Brentwood to Bahrain.<\/p>\n

Today I heard on NPR that some of Jackson’s most infamous concert gear would be on display at the Grammy Award museum downtown. With the help of the museum’s PR person, I was able to get access to a limited display to photograph including the white suit Jackson wore on the Thriller album cover.<\/p>\n

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Jackson's Thriller album cover. <\/p><\/div>\n

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"Thriller" suit at the Grammy Awards Museum. \u00a92009 Derek Henry Flood<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 In a brief departure from my Middle East\/South Asia blogging, I covered the death of the King of Pop here in Los Angeles yesterday for Polaris Images and the Huffington Post. I’ve never covered a non-political related event before…<\/p>\n

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