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Janet Jackson: "To You, Michael Is An Icon; To Us, He Is Family"

Janet Jackson BET Awards 6/28/09 Michael Jackson Tribute (HQ)
In the weekend following Michael Jackson's death at 50 , many radio stations across the country switched to all-MJ playlists. The New York station I had tuned into sprinkled moments from his career into the wall-to-wall playings of "Remember The Time" and "Jam," and among them was his younger sister Janet's speech to her brother when he accepted the Grammys' Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993: "I just want to tell you how proud I am of you, and how much you've inspired me, and how proud I am to be your sister," she told him. "I love you." It [...]
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