APTN 0330 PRIME NEWS - EUROPE
AP-APTN-0330: Brazil Funeral
Friday, 26 June 2009
STORY:Brazil Funeral- REPLAY Funeral of Air France flight attendant Lucas Gagliano
LENGTH: 01:53
FIRST RUN: 2330
RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only
TYPE: Portuguese/Nats
SOURCE: AP TELEVISION
STORY NUMBER: 610848
DATELINE: Rio de Janeiro, 25 June 2009
LENGTH: 01:53
SHOTLIST:
1. Tracking shot of people walking with coffin of Air France 447 flight attendant, Lucas Gagliano
2. Various of coffin being wheeled through cemetery
3. Close up of coffin draped with flag of local soccer team Botafogo and flowers
4. High shot of funeral procession
5. Coffin being buried
6. Pan of pictures of Gagliano on coffin
7. Various of relatives
8. Tilt up of from coffin to people at funeral as family friend says (Portuguese): "he died close to heaven in order to get there faster. Big hug from all of us."
9. Pan of cemetery
10. Various of Air France employees at funeral
11. Zoom out to wide of cemetery
STORYLINE:
The body of an Air France 447 flight attendant was buried in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, more than three weeks after the Paris-bound flight disappeared with 228 people on board.
Lucas Gagliano, 23, was the only Brazilian crew member working on the flight.
A Rio de Janeiro native, Gagliano had relocated to France and had been working for the airline for more than two years.
He had returned to Brazil to attend his father's funeral fifteen days before embarking on the flight on May 31st.
Several hundred people attended his funeral at the Sao Joao Batista cemetery, including his mother, relatives and more than a dozen Air France employees in uniform.
The Airbus A330 plane came down in the Atlantic after running into thunderstorms en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.
The Brazilian military has led the search and recovery efforts for bodies and debris, while the French are in charge of investigating the crash and the hunt for the flight recorders, or black boxes.
Rescue workers have recovered fifty bodies from the crash region near Brazil's Northeastern coast line.
At least eleven bodies have been identified.
In a written statement on Thursday, Air France Chief Executive Officer Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said two Air France employees had been identified.
According to the release, the flight's pilot and a male flight attendant were identified.
The airline could not confirm Gagliano as the identified crew member.
The cause of the crash is unclear. The plane's two black boxes could be key to determining what happened.
French officials said this week that military ships searching for the wreckage have detected sounds in the Atlantic depths but they are not from the flight recorders.
Two French-chartered ships are searching an area with a radius of 50 miles (80 kilometres), pulling U.S. Navy underwater listening devices attached to 19,700 feet (6,000 meters) of cable.
A French submarine is also searching.
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AP-APTN-0330: Europe Iran 2
Friday, 26 June 2009
STORY:Europe Iran 2- REPLAY Iranians protest near Iranian embassy in Paris, Berlin candlelit vigil
LENGTH: 02:49
FIRST RUN: 2130
RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only
TYPE: German/Natsound
SOURCE: AP TELEVISION
STORY NUMBER: 610834
DATELINE: Paris/Berlin, 25 June 2009
LENGTH: 02:49
SHOTLIST:
(FIRST RUN 1930 ASIA PRIME NEWS, JUNE 25 2009)
Paris, France
1. Wide of demonstration
2. Mid of demonstration
3. Close up of protesters carrying out banners: (French) "Freedom, democracy, secularism"
4. Protester holding a banner with a picture of an Iranian woman
5. Mid of protesters wearing signs saying: (French) "Hunger striker"
6. Mid of protesters with a picture of Neda, Iranian woman killed during protest
7. Wide of protesters holding banners and pictures
8. Mid of protesters
9. Close of a banner with a picture of an Iranian woman: (French) "Yes to the will of the Iranian people"
10. Close up of the woman on the banner
11. Wide of protesters
++NEW
(FIRST RUN 2130 NEWS UPDATE, JUNE 25 2009)
Berlin, Germany
12. Mid of the 'Remembrance Church' in Berlin, tilt down to the candlelit vigil
13. Close of candles burning
14. Photos of the casualties of the Iranian protest
15. Focus pull from the flowers to the banner reading: (German) "Solidarity with the people of Iran"
16. Women holding candles and banners
17. Close of hands with candles
18. Wide of protesters lined up
19. Close up of female protester's face
20. Wide of vigil
21. SOUNDBITE (German) Mansour Voyond, Iranian Society in Berlin:
"European governments need to reconsider the relations with Iran, and also the economic sanctions, and what is most important, the Iranian resistance needs to be recognised as legitimate resistance."
22. Wide of vigil
23. Close of candles
24. Wide of vigil, pan to the church
STORYLINE:
Dozens of protesters, many of them of Iranian origin, demonstrated in parts of Europe on Thursday against Iran's attempts to silence dissent after a disputed election result.
In Paris, around 50 Iranians protested in front of the Iranian embassy and in Berlin a candle-lit vigil was held.
"European governments need to reconsider the relations with Iran, and also the economic sanctions, and what is most important, the Iranian resistance needs to be recognised as legitimate resistance," said Mansour Voyond, of the Iranian Society in Berlin.
The protests came as Iran's embattled opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi vowed on Thursday that he wouldn't back down from challenging what he called a rigged presidential election despite the regime's increasing attempts to isolate him.
Incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, proclaimed the landslide winner of the balloting, has accused US President Barack Obama of meddling in Iran's affairs.
On his Web site, Mousavi levelled unusually strong criticism at the Islamic regime's leaders, saying they were "the main factor for the recent violence and unrest and have spilled the blood of the people."
His allegation came nearly a week after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the opposition to end street protests or be held responsible for any "bloodshed and chaos."
Khamenei has refused to order a new vote despite the biggest demonstrations in the country since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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AP-APTN-0330: +Honduras Politics
Friday, 26 June 2009
STORY:+Honduras Politics- WRAP Honduras president refuses to restore military chief ADDS more
LENGTH: 02:13
FIRST RUN: 0330
RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only
TYPE: Natsound
SOURCE: AP TELEVISION
STORY NUMBER: 610862
DATELINE: Tegucigalpa, 25 June 2009
LENGTH: 02:13
SHOTLIST
(FIRST RUN 2330 AMERICAS PRIME NEWS, 25 JUNE 2009)
25 June 2009
1. Various of supporters cheering for Honduran President Manuel Zelaya
2. Various of Zelaya
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Manuel Zelaya, President of Honduras:
"When the army rebels against the President, we are going back in time to the stone age, we are going back to the darkest days of the Honduran nation."
4. Wide of supporters
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Manuel Zelaya, President of Honduras:
"Members of the armed forces, you are part of the people of this country, don't let anybody blackmail you, don't let anybody use you. Step up for this country that is in search of reforms and the change that will go down in history."
6. Various of Zelaya walking among the crowd of supporters
++NEW
(FIRST RUN 0330 EUROPE PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009)
7. Various of Supreme Court Judge Rosalinda Cruz
8. SOUNDBITE ( Spanish) Rosalinda Cruz,Supreme Court Judge:
"We will proceed to take action on the decision of the Supreme Court to protect it and furthermore to provisionally suspend the proclaimed act."
(FIRST RUN 2030 LATAM PRIME NEWS, 25 JUNE 2009)
25 June 2009
9. Pan from outside of military base to soldiers
(FIRST RUN 2030 LATAM PRIME NEWS, 25 JUNE 2009)
24 June 2009
10. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) General Romeo Vasquez, recently fired head of the Honduran Joint Chiefs of Staff:
"It is very hard for us to take a side that would not affect the rule of law (referring to his denial to support the referendum being held on Sunday, which is being called unconstitutional) so we knew this was hard and we had to let the President know in a very respectful way."
(FIRST RUN 2030 LATAM PRIME NEWS, 25 JUNE 2009)
25 June 2009
11. Vasquez walking with recently resigned Defence Minister Edmundo Orellana
++NEW
(FIRST RUN 0330 EUROPE PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009)
25 June 2009
12. Wide of cars heading towards the military base (where voting material and confiscated ballots were taken)
13. Zelaya riding a bus
14. Various of supporting Zelaya
15. Various of people loading ballots and voting material into a truck
STORYLINE:
The Honduran president vowed on Thursday to ignore a Supreme Court ruling ordering him to reinstate the military chief he fired, escalating a showdown that has threatened the leftist leader's hold on power.
President Manuel Zelaya's attempt to hold a referendum on reforming the constitution has pitted him against the country's top courts, the attorney general, military leaders and even his own party.
"When the army rebels against the President, we are going back in time to the stone age, we are going back to the darkest days of the Honduran nation," he told his supporters at a rally.
"Members of the armed forces, you are part of the people of this country, don't let anybody blackmail you, don't let anybody use you. Step up for this country that is in search of reforms and the change that will go down in history," he added.
Zelaya fired General Romeo Vasquez as head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for refusing to support Sunday's non-binding referendum, but the Supreme Court ordered he be reinstated on Thursday.
Zelaya, who sympathises with former Cuban President Fidel Castro and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, has argued that Honduras' social problems are rooted in the 27-year-old constitution.
He has not specified what changes he would seek, but opponents accuse him of wanting to emulate Chavez by expanding presidential powers and allowing himself to run for re-election.
The referendum asks voters if they want a formal election on whether to call an assembly to write a new charter.
The president's dismissal of Vasquez prompted the chiefs of the army, navy and air force to resign. The president himself announced on Wednesday night that Defence Minister Edmundo Orellana had resigned.
Vasquez said he could not support a referendum that the courts had declared illegal, but he ruled out the possibility of a coup.
Attorney General Luis Alberto Rubi, who asked the court to reinstate the military chief, is also urging Congress to remove Zelaya from office.
Zelaya, a wealthy ranch owner grappling with rising food prices and a sharp spike in drug violence, is currently barred from seeking re-election when his four-year term ends in January.
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AP-APTN-0330: Russia Flu
Friday, 26 June 2009
STORY:Russia Flu- REPLAY WHO Director comment on fight to stop swine flu
LENGTH: 01:22
FIRST RUN: 1930
RESTRICTIONS: AP Clients Only
TYPE: English/Natsound
SOURCE: AP TELEVISION
STORY NUMBER: 610830
DATELINE: Moscow, 25 June 2009
LENGTH: 01:22
SHOTLIST:
1. Mid of Russian Health and Social Development Minister Tatyana Golikova greeting World Health Organisation Director General Margaret Chan
2. Cutaway of photographers taking pictures
3. Wide of meeting
4. Close up of Margaret Chan speaking
5. Mid pan of meeting, Tatyana Golikova speaking
6. Close up of WHO flag
7. Mid of Tatyana Golikova, Margaret Chan and interpreter speaking to press
8. Cutaway of cameramen
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Margaret Chan, World Health Organisation Director General:
"Based on our analysis of all the virus in these different countries, the virus still is very stable. (interpreter speaking). But as we all know influenza virus is highly unpredictable"
10. Mid of press
11. Mid of Tatyana Golikova, Margaret Chan and interpreter leaving
STORYLINE:
The swine flu virus is "stable" with no mutations, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan said on Thursday in Moscow after a meeting with Russian Health and Social Development Minister Tatyana Golikova.
Margaret Chan, how
ever, underlined the importance of close monitoring of the spread of the virus, adding that it is "highly unpredictable."
Chan arrived in Russia for official talks on the A/H1NA pandemic with the Russian Cabinet.
Since the swine flu emerged at the end of April, experts have feared that it could mutate into a virus that combines the contagious nature of swine flu with the virulence of avian flu.
The WHO declared a global pandemic earlier this month. In a global update on Wednesday it reported 55,867 laboratory-confirmed cases of the A (H1N1) virus in 108 countries and 238 human deaths from the disease since late March.
Only three swine flu cases have so far been confirmed in Russia, with experts predicting the first wave of swine flu in November.
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AP-APTN-0330: +US Jackson 5
Friday, 26 June 2009
STORY:+US Jackson 5- WRAP Jackson taken to hosp, aerials of hosp, ranch, Jermaine, police, chopper ADDS fans
LENGTH: 06:20
FIRST RUN: 0330
RESTRICTIONS: See Script
TYPE: English/Nats
SOURCE: Various
STORY NUMBER: 610874
DATELINE: Los Angeles, 25 June 2009
LENGTH: 06:20
SHOTLIST
(FIRST RUN 0230 NEWS UPDATE - 26 JUNE, 2009)
ABC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA / INTERNET
++AERIAL SHOTS++
1. Various shots of helicopter in flight believed to be carrying the body of Michael Jackson
2. Zoom in on coroner's van waiting by helipad, pan to helicopter
3. Officials moving what is believed to be Michael Jackson's body from helicopter into coroner's van
4. Various shots of van driving
5. Van driving into garage
(FIRST RUN 0230 NEWS UPDATE - 26 JUNE, 2009)
POOL - AP Clients Only
6. Michael Jackson's brother, Jermaine Jackson, approaching lectern
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson's brother:
"This is hard. My brother, legendary King of Pop Michael Jackson, passed away on Thursday June 25th 2009 at 2.26pm. It is believed he suffered cardiac arrest in his home, however the cause of his death is unknown until results of the autopsy are known. His personal physician, who was with him at the time, attempted to resuscitate my brother. As did the paramedics who transported him to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Centre. Upon arriving at the hospital at approximately 1.14pm, a team of doctors including emergency physicians and cardiologists attempted to resuscitate him for a period of more than one hour and they were unsuccessful. Our family requests that the media please respect our privacy during this tough time and may Allah be with you Michael, always. Love you. Thank you very much."
(FIRST RUN 0030 NEWS UPDATE - 26 JUNE, 2009)
HOLLYWOOD TV - NO ACCESS TMZ / NO ACCESS ACCESS HOLLYWOOD / NO ACCESS EXTRA / NO ACCESS INSIDE EDITION - DO NOT OBSTRUCT HOLLYWOOD TV LOGO
7. Video of ambulance backing out and leaving Michael Jackson's home
8. Mid shot tourists in bus in front of Jackson's home
(FIRST RUN 0230 NEWS UPDATE - 26 JUNE, 2009)
KABC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA / INTERNET
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lieutenant Gregg Strenk, Los Angeles Police Department:
"About 13.00 hours today Mr Jackson was transported from this location by paramedics to UCLA Medical Centre. At about 14 or about 2.30 in the afternoon Mr Jackson was pronounced over at UCLA Medical Centre. About four o'clock this afternoon Robbery Homicide Division was notified of this incident and directed by the Chief of Police to come out and handle the death investigation. Currently the LA County Coroner's office is taking possession of Mr Jackson's body. They will handle any other inquiries into the type of death or anything that relates to that at that point in time."
(FIRST RUN 0030 NEWS UPDATE - 26 JUNE, 2009)
KTLA - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA / INTERNET
10. Various aerial shots of crowd around UCLA Medical Centre ++MUTE++
(FIRST RUN 0030 NEWS UPDATE - 26 JUNE, 2009)
KABC - NO ACCESS NORTH AMERICA / INTERNET
11. People standing behind cordon in street
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Name not known, Michael Jackson fan:
"And I love him so much. And now he is gone, I can't believe that. He is not supposed to go."
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Angela, Michael Jackson fan:
"It is crazy. I am a huge fan of pop culture and Michael Jackson and entertainment and this is something that is going to be life changing that people are going to remember forever and it is the day the music died. This is definitely something that is going to hit our generation forever."
14. Close-up woman crying
15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rochelle Beazley, Michael Jackson fan:
"I don't know what to believe right now. I heard he had a heart attack. I heard they brought him back. I heard they couldn't revive him. I don't know who to believe or who to trust right now. I just want to know what is happening. I heard that LaToya ran out of the hospital crying or something but nobody really knows for sure and every website says something different. I just want someone from inside there to come outside and tell us the truth."
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Name not known, Michael Jackson fan:
"It just seems so unreal, I just cannot believe that this is happening and I am hoping that it is one of those myths that people are saying and it is not true - I really honestly do."
17. Close-up women crying and embracing
++NEW
(FIRST RUN 0330 EUROPE PRIME NEWS - 26 JUNE 2009)
AP Television - AP Clients Only
18. Various shots of fans dancing and singing Michael Jackson songs outside medical centre
19. Close up of woman's T-Shirt with Michael Jackson's photo printed on it and his years of life, zoom out to wide
20. Man holding poster celebrating Jackson
21. Young boy dressed as Michael Jackson
STORYLINE
Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, has died. He was 50.
Jackson died on Thursday at UCLA Medical Centre after being stricken at his rented home in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles.
Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his home for nearly three-quarters of an hour, then rushed him to the hospital, where doctors continued to work on him.
His brother Jermaine said it is believed he suffered cardiac arrest in his home.
However, he said the cause of his death "is unknown until results of the autopsy are known."
Jermaine Jackson said his brother's personal doctor and paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his rented home in Holmby Hills.
A team of doctors at UCLA Medical Centre also tried for more than an hour, Jermaine said.
Los Angeles police Lieutenant Gregg Strenk said at a separate news conference that police robbery-homicide detectives have been ordered to investigate, which is common in a high-profile case.
Strenk said the coroner's office, which will handle inquiries into the type of death, is taking possession of the body.
Across the United States, people reacted in stunned disbelief as word spread of Jackson's death.
Within minutes of Jackson's arrival by ambulance at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Centre people began arriving by the hundreds, the crowd quickly filling a grassy entrance outside the hospital.
Overhead, news helicopters whirred noisily and TV trucks clogged streets.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the hospital as word of his death spread.
The emergency entrance at the medical centre, which is near Jackson's rented home, was roped off with police tape.
As word spread a few minutes later that Jackson had died, several people burst into tears. Others stood silently, looking pensive, as they waited for official word from the hospital.
Angela, one of the fans gathered outside the medical centre, said Jackson's death would affect an entire generation.
Another fan in tears said she was in disbelief.
A similar scene played out just a couple miles away, in front of Jackson's tony Holmby Hills home, where a Fire Department ambulance had arrived earlier to take him to the hospital.
Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.
His 1982 album "Thriller," which included the blockbuster hits "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller," is the best-selling album of all time, with an estimated 50 million copies sold worldwide.
He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, known for his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves and his high-pitched voice punctuated with squeals and titters.
His single sequined glove, tight, military-style jacket and aviator sunglasses were trademarks second only to his ever-changing, surgically altered appearance.
Jackson ranked alongside Elvis Presley and the Beatles as the biggest pop sensations of all time.
He united two of music's biggest names when he was briefly married to Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie, and Jackson's death immediately evoked that of Presley himself, who died at age 42 in 1977.
As years went by, Jackson became an increasingly freakish figure, a middle-aged man-child weirdly out of touch with grown-up life.
His skin became lighter, his nose narrower, and he spoke in a breathy, girlish voice. He surrounded himself with children at his Neverland ranch, often wore a germ mask while travelling and kept a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles as one of his closest companions.
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AP-APTN-0330: US Jackson Reax 3
Friday, 26 June 2009
STORY:US Jackson Reax 3- WRAP Vox pops following news that Michael Jackson died
LENGTH: 02:52
FIRST RUN: 0330
RESTRICTIONS: Part No Access N America/Internet
TYPE: English/Nat
SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/ABC
STORY NUMBER: 610871
DATELINE: Washington DC/New York, 25 June 2009
LENGTH: 02:52
SHOTLIST
(FIRST RUN 0130 AUSTRALIA NZ PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009)
AP Television - AP Clients Only
New York, NY
1. Pull out from Times Square television monitor announcing pop star Michael Jackson's death
2. Various of people gathered, reading and watching announcements on monitors
3. SOUNDBITE: Michael Harris, vox pop:
"This is kind of like the generation when Kennedy was assassinated. I now will remember that I was in Times Square when I found out that Michael Jackson passed away."
4. Various of people gathered at Times Square learning of Jackson's death
5. SOUNDBITE: Arthur Murray, vox pop:
"That's the biggest musical icon since the Beatles, I mean there's no doubt. The way they do R&B music now, the way they dance, that's all Mike."
6. Woman looking at announcement
7. SOUNDBITE: Ben Guralnik, vox pop:
"It's a very sad day for the world, for music, for pop culture because he was the "King of Pop" and in my mind still is the "King of Pop".
8. Woman holding large stereo playing Michael Jackson song, "Rock with You" as others sing and dance
ABC - No Access NAmerica/Internet
New York, NY
9. Wide of Reverend Al Sharpton speaking at news conference
10. SOUNDBITE: Reverend Al Sharpton, Civil Rights leader:
"We will memorialise him here and I will be where ever he is, to thank Michael Jackson for never forgetting us, the fans that were with him from Gary, Indiana, that knew him before the world knew him and when the world learned of him, he never let the world forget us."
(FIRST RUN 0230 NEWS UPDATE, 26 JUNE 2009)
AP Television - AP Clients Only
New York, NY
11. Tilt down from Apollo Theatre sign reading: "In memory of Michael Jackson. A true Apollo legend 1958 - 2009"
12. SOUNDBITE: Priya Varma, Student:
"We just found out two seconds ago as I was walking to class. We saw a big crowd here and so we just asked the lady like 'what's going on', we thought it was a celebrity sighting and then she's like 'did you just read that', we couldn't understand, she's like 'Michael Jackson just died', my mouth dropped."
13. SOUNDBITE: Marina Migliore, Student:
"It was shocking because we're in school all day we don't know what going on."
14. SOUNDBITE: Priya Varma, Student:
"I didn't read the news or anything for the last couple of hours and I had no idea so it was pretty shocking, sad."
15. Various of people dancing and chanting in front of the Apollo Theatre, UPSOUND: "Michael Jackson"
(FIRST RUN 0130 AUSTRALIA NZ PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009)
AP Television - AP Clients Only
Washington, DC
16. Wide exterior of White House
17. SOUNDBITE: (English) tourist, no name given, vox pop:
"My reaction was shock because he is a very young man still at 50 years old and he was good person. He had his problems but he was still a good person."
18. People in front of White House fence
STORYLINE:
Throngs of people gathered at New York's Times Square on Thursday, stunned by the news on big screens that the "King of Pop", Michael Jackson had died.
Gasps could be heard as newcomers read newsflashes that Jackson had died of a heart attack at age 50.
People could be seen relaying the news to friends and family, making calls and sending text messages. Some in the crowd danced to Jackson's songs and called his name. Others stood in stunned disbelief.
"I will always remember being in Times Square when Michael Jackson died," Michael Harris told AP Television.
People danced and chanted Jackson's name outside the Apollo Theatre, where the billboard was cleared for the message, "In Memory of Michael Jackson. A True Apollo Legend."
Jackson first performed at the Apollo Theatre with his brothers at age 9 in 1969.
The Rev. Al Sharpton spoke to a crowd outside the theatre, many of whom clutched Jackson's pictures, played his music and imitated the singer-dancer's signature moonwalk moves.
The civil rights leader remembered how Jackson called him in the middle of the night to ask to view James Brown's body after the soul legend's death in 2006. He said he last spoke with him a few months ago.
In Washington DC people also reacted with sadness.
The sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died on Thursday at UCLA Medical Centre after being stricken at his rented home in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles.
Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his home for nearly three-quarters of an hour, then rushed him to the hospital, where doctors continued to work on him.
His brother Jermaine Jackson said it is believed he suffered cardiac arrest in his home.
However, he said the cause of his death "is unknown until results of the autopsy are known."
Jermaine Jackson said his brother's personal doctor and paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his rented home in Holmby Hills.
A team of doctors at UCLA Medical Centre also tried for more than an hour, Jermaine said.
An LA police spokesperson said that police robbery-homicide detectives had been ordered to investigate, which is common in a high-profile case.
He said the coroner's office was taking possession of the body.
Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.
His 1982 album "Thriller," which included the blockbuster hits "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller," is the best-selling album of all time, with an estimated 50 million copies sold worldwide.
He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, known for his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves and his high-pitched voice punctuated with squeals and titters.
His single sequined glove, tight, military-style jacket and aviator sunglasses were trademarks second only to his ever-changing, surgically altered appearance.
Jackson ranked alongside Elvis Presley and the Beatles as the biggest pop sensations of all time.
He united two of music's biggest names when he was briefly married to Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie, and Jackson's death immediately evoked that of Presley himself, who died at age 42 in 1977.
As years went by, Jackson became an increasingly freakish figure, a middle-aged man-child weirdly out of touch with grown-up life.
His skin became lighter, his nose narrower, and he spoke in a breathy, girlish voice. He surrounded himself with children at his Neverland ranch, often wore a germ mask while travelling and kept a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles as one of his closest companions.
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AP-APTN-0330: +World Jackson Reax 3
Friday, 26 June 2009
STORY:+World Jackson Reax 3- WRAP Reax around the world to Jackson's death ADDS China, HKong, Ppines, Mexico
LENGTH: 06:02
FIRST RUN: 0330
RESTRICTIONS: See Script
TYPE: Various/Nat
SOURCE: Various
STORY NUMBER: 610870
DATELINE: Various, 25/26 June 2009
LENGTH: 06:02
SHOTLIST
(FIRST RUN 0130 AUSTRALIA/NZ PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009)
AP Television - AP Clients Only
Tokyo, Japan - 26 June 2009
1. Pan of Tokyo square
2. Mid of people walking
3. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Vox pop, local resident, no name given:
"It was a surprise. I knew his name since I was small as he was a big international star. It is a shock that someone like him passed away this suddenly."
4. Wide of Tokyo square
(FIRST RUN 0130 AUSTRALIA/NZ PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009)
SKY - No Access UK/RTE/CNNi/Al Jazeera English
Sonning, Berkshire, UK - 26 June 2009
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Uri Geller, friend of Michael Jackson:
"I think he was a happy man when fans were around him. He drank their love. He knew how to absorb their affection; the energy that they were emitting to him. He loved dancing. He loved creating. He was a genuis."
(FIRST RUN 0230 NEWS UPDATE, 26 JUNE 2009)
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Seoul, South Korea, 26 June 2009
6. Various street scenes
7. Close up of news on electronic screen flashing report on Jackson's death
8. SOUNDBITE: (Korean) Kim Nam-kyoung, local resident:
"He was a star when I was little. Learning of his death, I felt like losing some of the memories of my childhood."
SKY - No Access UK/RTE/CNNi/Al Jazeera English
Sonning, Berkshire, UK - 26 June 2009
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Uri Geller, friend of Michael Jackson:
"(In) the deep dark corners of his heart he was a confused man and a lonely person and the reason was, I believe, was nobody really understood Michael Jackson. And he went through hell. Anyhow he is in heaven now. He is definitely in a better place."
++NEW
(FIRST RUN 0330 EUROPE PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009)
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Hong Kong - 26 June 2009
10. Wide buildings and traffic in Wanchai, downtown in Hong Kong
11. Low shot of people walking on bridge
12. SOUNDBITE: (Cantonese) Vox pop, Chan Siu-sing, local resident:
"It's a pity. I have liked him since I was small. I watched his concert performance on DVD."
++NEW
(FIRST RUN 0330 EUROPE PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009)
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Beijing, China - 26 June 2009
13. Wide of Main Street with large outdoor TV
14. Mid of pedestrians
15. Close shot of photo of Michael Jackson displayed on public screen
16. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Hui Jun, visitor from Jilin Province
"I can't believe it. I really can't believe it. Because he had a bunch of performances planned for this year - and now they'll never happen."
++NEW
(FIRST RUN 0330 EUROPE PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009)
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Manila, Philippines - 26 June 2009
17. Various of street scenes
18. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Renelda Calderon, Overseas Worker
"I own a lot of CD's of Michael Jackson. I hope his soul rests in peace. He is still in our minds and our hearts, we will always love his songs. I still cannot believe is dead."
++NEW
(FIRST RUN 0330 EUROPE PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009)
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Manila, Philippines
FILE: December 1996
19. Wide of crowd outside public hospital
20. Tracking shot of Jackson arriving and entering building
21. Jackson waving from a window
22. Crowd outside hospital
23. Various of Jackson handing out gifts to children
++NEW
(FIRST RUN 0330 EUROPE PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009)
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Mexico City, Mexico - 25 June 2009
++NIGHT SHOTS++
24. A Michael Jackson impersonator dances the "moonwalk" as he comes into the plaza of the Angel of Independence
25. Girl dressed like Michael Jackson holding a candle
26. Close up of a girl holding candle
27. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Esteban Rubio, Michael Jackson impersonator:
"Look at the physical change, tell me that he hasn't been an important part of my life. One of my kids is named Michael. I have an academy that's called Studio Jackson. Everything that was Michael Jackson was a fountain of inspiration for me, the strongest kind of inspiration. He was always present with me."
28. Rubio being interviewed by press
29. Wide of Michael Jackson impersonator dancing
(FIRST RUN AUSTRALIA/NZ PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009)
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++NIGHT SHOTS++
Buenos Aires, Argentina - 26 June 2009
30. Wide of street in Buenos Aires
31. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox pop, Dimitri, local resident:
"Really? This makes me really sad, I didn't know."
32. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox pop, Mariam, local resident:
"You are not lying are you?"
(FIRST RUN AUSTRALIA/NZ PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009)
AP Television - AP Clients Only
++NIGHT SHOTS++
Rio de Janerio, Brazil - 26 June 2009
33. Various of people at bar
34. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Vox pop, Andrea Bueno, Rio de Janeiro resident:
"It is very sad, he died so young. He was always a very controversial person though and his life was very sad. The story of his life is very complicated."
(FIRST RUN AUSTRALIA/NZ PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009)
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Bogota, Colombia - 26 June 2009
35. Wide of street
36. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox pop, Marta Herrera, cashier at a drugstore:
"The only thing that I ask God is to forgive him for all the pain he caused to so many families, specially their kids. May God have mercy of him. That is it."
37. Various street scenes
(FIRST RUN AUSTRALIA/NZ PRIME NEWS, 26 JUNE 2009)
AP Television - AP Clients Only
++NIGHT SHOTS++
Lima, Peru
38. Wide of street
39. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox pop, Julia Morales, local resident
"I feel very sorry, very sorry. We will miss out on musical contributions of someone who brought about a new path to pop music. I feel very sorry for that."
++NEW
(FIRST RUN 0230 NEWS UPDATE, 26 JUNE 2009)
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Caracas, Venezuela
40. Various of street scenes
41. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vox pop, Pablo Suarez, musician:
"It's sad because he was one of the pioneers of pop music. I hope somebody will be able to take his place, and achieve that kind of musical success."
42. Wide of people crossing the street
STORYLINE:
People around the world reacted with sadness to news of the death of the "King of Pop" Michael Jackson, who passed away on Thursday aged 50.
Uri Geller said Jackson once told him he was a "very lonely man" and that was because "nobody really understood Michael Jackson."
"I think he was a happy man when fans were around him," added Geller. "He drank their love. He knew how to absorb their affection; the energy that they were emitting to him."
Elsewhere, fans expressed their sorrow across Latin America and in Asia, where he was especially popular.
Fans in Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong and the Philippines woke on Friday to the news of Jackson's death and spoke of their shock and sadness.
Jackson died at UCLA Medical Centre in Los Angeles. Ed Winter, the assistant chief coroner for Los Angeles County, confirmed his office had been notified of the death and would handle the investigation.
The circumstances of Jackson's death were not immediately clear.
Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.
His 1982 album "Thriller" - which included the blockbuster hits "beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" - is the best-selling album of all time, with an estimated 50 (m) million copies sold worldwide.
He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, known for his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves and his high-pitched voice punctuated with squeals and titters.
Jackson ranked alongside Elvis Presley and the Beatles as the biggest pop sensations of all time. He united two of music's biggest names when he was briefly married to Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie.
As years went by, Jackson became an increasingly freakish figure - a middle-aged man-child weirdly out of touch with grown-up life.
His skin became lighter, his nose narrower, and he spoke in a breathy, girlish voice. He surrounded himself with children at his Neverland ranch, often wore a germ mask while travelling and kept a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles as one of his closest companions.
Jackson was preparing for what was to be his greatest comeback: He was scheduled for an unprecedented 50 shows at a London arena, with the first set for July 13.
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APEX 06-26-09 0042EDT
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