Black-and-white photos of Michael Jackson peered down from the Hitsville USA window, overlooking more than 3,000 fans who came out to a vigil Sunday night to say good-bye to the King of Pop.

Many in the crowd swayed to his songs, holding homemade signs, old album covers and, in one case, a Michael Jackson doll.
“Besides Jesus Christ, he was the cultural landscape of my life,” said Anne Morgan, who had hoped to celebrate her 50th birthday later this year at one of Jackson’s planned London concerts.
Hundreds of bouquets, stuffed animals and glittery white gloves created a makeshift shrine on the front steps of the museum.
The vigil’s program included a statement from Berry Gordy, delivered by his niece Robin Terry. “He had a hunger to learn, a hunger to be the best,” she read. “He was like my son.”
In a 3-D tribute to Jackson, impersonators entertained the crowd as they waited for the vigil to begin outside the Motown Historical Museum, where Jackson performed as a member of the Jackson 5.
During the event, fans were taken back to a scarier time in Jackson’s life when 17-year-old Shatara Stringer’s hair accidentally caught fire when someone was lighting a candle. As the Detroit teen screamed and patted it out, someone in the crowd shouted “Just like Michael,” alluding to his 1984 Pepsi commercial mishap.
“I was scared,” said Stringer, who was not injured in the incident. “I want to be an entertainer when I grow up and he inspired me.”
The makeshift shrine outside the museum will remain there for approximately a month and then will move to Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit, where a ceremony will be held, said Audley Smith of the museum.