Family, Fans Say Goodbye to Michael Jackson

Music fans said goodbye to Michael Jackson Tuesday, as friends scene as a child in 1969, as part of his family musical group, the "Today in Tokyo, beneath the Eifel Tower, in Ghana's Black Star

The congresswoman recalled Jackson as a humanitarian.

"If they needed money for developing countries, Michael gave," she said. "If he was in Namibia, he went to orphanages. Michael never stopped giving."

The Reverend Al Sharpton, a Jackson family friend and political activist, delivered a rousing eulogy that brought the crowd to its feet. He referred to criticisms once directed at the pop star for what some had called erratic behavior.

"But I hope that the love that people have shown will make you know he didn't live in vain," he said. "And I want his three children to know [there] wasn't nothing strange about your daddy. It was strange what your daddy had to deal with. But he dealt with it...."

As the family huddled on stage at the end of the service, one

of the singer's three children, 11-year-old Paris Michael

Katherine, tearfully spoke about how much she loved her

father.

"I just wanted to say ever since I was born, daddy has been

the best father you could ever imagine, and I just wanted to

say I love him so much," she said.

Michael's brother, Marlon, thanked the late singer for the

smiles he brought to fans around the world.

Paris Jackson is supported by her

family after speaking about her

father during the memorial service

for Michael Jackson at the Staples

Center in Los Angeles, 7 July 2009