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Michael Jackson In NYC

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Jen Carlson

Published Jun 26, 2009

Modified Jun 26, 2009

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February 7th, 1984. Michael Jackson relaxing in his hotel room prior to attending a party being held in his honor at the Museum of Natural History.

 

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If you were outside last night you likely heard some Michael Jackson tunes blasting in homage to the late King of Pop. MTV even took a break from their reality programming to play his classic videos all night, and fans gathered at the Apollo Theater for an impromptu memorial (The Jackson 5 performed there in 1969).

Click through for some photos of Michael Jackson in New York over the years, including some images from the Studio 54 days. Did you know that a 10-year-old Anderson Cooper, in his words "for some odd reason," attended the nightclub with MJ? Hopefully he'll divulge more about the evening, and why he was there at such a young age—though it was likely his mother Gloria Vanderbilt was somehow involved.

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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.

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