VIDEO: Janet and Joe Jackson Remember Michael at the BET Awards

VIDEO: Janet and Joe Jackson Remember Michael at the BET Awards
As expected, music legend Michael Jackson—who died on Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest at the age of 50—was honored big-time at the BET Awards on Sunday night. During a tribute that included Jamie Foxx and Ne-Yo performing the Jackson 5's 1970 hit "I'll Be There," Jackson sister, Janet Jackson, offered an emotional remembrance of her brother. "To you, Michael is an icon. To us, Michael is family, and he will forever live in all of our hearts," Jackson noted as she choked back tears. "On behalf of my family and myself, thank you for all of your love. Thank you for all…
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  • I tried to get tickets to go to Michael's memorial service on Tues. and it is wrong that some of the people who did get tickets are trying to have an lottery for these tickets. They should lose the tickets and be given to someoene who trully wants...
    Anonymous 7/6/09 Reply
  • let Michael have the right to have his burial and not make it a money making event or a time to cut him down. When he was alive his life was always questioned and judged. I love the guy and will miss him. He has touched my life in many ways., I will...
    Anonymous 7/6/09 Reply
  • let Michael have the right to have his burial and not make it a money making event or a time to cut him down. When he was alive his life was always questioned and judged. I love the guy and will miss him. He has touched my life in many ways., I will...
    Anonymous 7/6/09 Reply
  • let Michael have the right to have his burial and not make it a money making event or a time to cut him down. When he was alive his life was always questioned and judged. I love the guy and will miss him. He has touched my life in many ways., I will...
    Anonymous 7/6/09 Reply
  • let Michael have the right to have his burial and not make it a money making event or a time to cut him down. When he was alive his life was always questioned and judged. I love the guy and will miss him. He has touched my life in many ways., I will...
    Anonymous 7/6/09 Reply
  • I think that Michael's funeral should be private, Yes have his memorial service and remember him as he was, a loving, caring, kind, generous person. Dont let people see him like this just let him rest. His character, life, privacy, appearance has...
    Anonymous 7/6/09 Reply
  • Sandra is right he only wanted to be free , he never know that he would change the world so much. I will truly miss him. we have lost a person that was loving, caring and a giving person to the whole nation. I understand we all want to say are...
    Anonymous 7/2/09 Reply
  • Joe Jackson needs to go somewhere and rest his tired legs. I think that Michael Jackson should have a private funeral without a public viewing. Even Princess Diana had a very public funeral without a viewing. I do not think MJ would want to have...
    Anonymous 7/1/09 Reply