Flashmob in moonwalk tribute to King of Pop

(27 Jun 2009) AP Television Paris, 27 June 2009 1. Pan of crowd with Michael Jackson's "Bad" being played 2. Wide of woman holding up banner dancing next to car 3. Various of crowd dancing to Jackson's music 4. Wide of people looking from window 5. Two men performing Jackson's dance moves, surrounded by crowd 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Bernier, Michael Jackson fan and organiser of "mass moonwalk": "We decided to do something and we said OK we are going to do world wide and amazing moon-walk for him and so we just worked with Facebook and Flickr and Twitter and as you can see there is all the children of Michael today, the pop king's children are here and this is just for him, we do this from France." 7. Various of crowd doing mass moonwalk 8. Close of women sitting in car looking at crowd dancing 9. Wide of crowd dancing STORYLINE JACKSON FANS MOONWALK IN PARIS Thousands of people gathered in a Paris street on Saturday for a "mass moonwalk" in memory of Michael Jackson. Tributes both personal and public were held by generations of fans all around the world, following the announcement of pop star's death on Thursday. The Paris event had been advertised in advance on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter as a way to honour the King of Pop, organiser Michael Bernier said. The crowd played Michael Jackson songs like "Bad" and "Billy Jean" and performed his classic dance moves. The official cause of Jackson's death has not been determined and is not expected to be known for weeks, although Brian Oxman, a former Jackson attorney and a family friend, told NBC's "Today" show on Friday that he had been concerned about Jackson's use of painkillers and had warned the singer's family about possible abuse. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...