"This
is so difficult! I'm hurt, very hurt! … For us, this is a very great loss. To
us, he became a symbol of the spiritual world. It's hard to convey how great a loss
this is."
-- A Michael Jackson fan at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow
Moscow:
Fans of the deceased "King of Pop" Michael Jackson, who has died on
the night of June 26 (Moscow time) at the age of 50, continue to bring flowers that
are arranged alongside a makeshift “memorial wall” at the U.S. Embassy in
Russia, RIA Novosti reports.
Dozens of grieving fans,
hundreds of candles and thousands of flowers of every description - from roses
and carnations to peonies and lilies - can be observed in front of the Embassy.
Almost all the fans are young people under the age of 30.
“I don’t believe it! NOOOO!” is outlined in black marker on a white sheet, which
was affixed to the “wall” by one of Jackson's fans.
Amid the melted and still-burning
candles which are placed in shot glasses and plastic cups, are words of
mourning written in colored chalk: “Michael Jackson, We Will Love You Forever!”,
“Rest in Peace, the King.”
Melted wax from the candles
dribbles right onto the concrete, on top of a giant letter “M,” which is superimposed
over the lyrics to Jackson’s songs.
Fans have already affixed
over 100 posters of Jackson to the wall, and portraits of “The King,” wrapped
in black ribbon, are strewn across the sidewalk.
Female
fans (who outnumber the male ones) holding balloons in the shape of hearts with
the words “I Love You Michael,” tie them to the wall.
“Michael is alive and will
live forever” says one poster, and next to the “signature” has been placed a
sequined glove, that fans have pinned to the wall.
Hanging nearby are the black
moccasins and white socks - invariably elements of Jackson’s stage costume.
Drawings by children depicting “The King” are glued to the fence in
front of the Embassy, alongside stuffed animals that female fans carefully fasten
to the bars of the fence.
A young man, who still doesn't
believe Jackson is dead, gets up from his knees - after the trace of moisture in
his palms quickly evaporated on the scorching asphalt.
“This is so difficult! I'm
hurt, very hurt!” says the young man, turning away from photographers.
“For us, this is a very great
loss. To us, he became a symbol of the spiritual world. It's hard to convey how
great a loss this is,” says a fan sharing his pain, dressed in a hat, dark
sunglasses and “diamond” glove.
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Young men and women, some
frowning and barely holding back tears, attach images of Jackson to lamp posts
and flowerbeds in front of the U.S. Embassy. But among the frowning boys and
tearful girls there are some happy people - they are listening to Jackson’s
songs and discussing his fate.
“We believe he's at peace. He
is in heaven now …” says a girl named Liza, glancing at images of Christ and
the Virgin Mary, which are also attached to “Jackson’s wall.” But her words are
drowned by the song Thriller, blasting from the open doors of a car
parked nearby.
The
cars of fans continue to be parked near the Embassy.
“Michael,
you became immortal” screams a girl from a car that just arrived.
The autopsy revealed no signs
of a violent death. U.S. media sources speculate that Jackson may have died
from a heart attack. Earlier, the singer insisted that his promoter hire a
personal physician-cardiologist for him. The press also doesn't exclude the
possibility that the singer’s death occurred as a result of a powerful
injection of painkillers prescribed by a doctor.
