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Friends, family bid farewell to Michael Jackson

Wednesday, July 08, 2009, LOS ANGELES: The memorial service for the 'King of Pop' Michael Jackson has ended with an emotional goodbye from the star's only daughter. Paris Katherine Jackson, 11, fought tears as she told an audience of millions her father had been great since the day she was born."I just want to say, ever since the day I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. I just want to say I love him so much." Afterwards she burst into tears and was helped off the stage by her aunt Janet Jackson.Her brothers Prince Michael, 12, and Blanket, 7, were also on stage with their uncles and aunts but did not speak. The Staples Centre in Los Angeles erupted into song for renditions of Jackon's hit songs We Are The World and Heal The World. The stage, filled with Jackson's family and performers such as Lionel Richie, Usher, Smokey Robinson, Mariah Carey, sung the iconic songs along with the thousands of fans crammed into the stadium fo