NEW YORK (AP) -- New Yorkers are gathering outside the theater where Michael Jackson first performed at 9 years old to mourn the King of Pop.
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The Apollo Theater in Harlem posted the message, "In Memory of Michael Jackson, A True Apollo Legend'' on its billboard Thursday after learning of Jackson's death at age 50.
In Times Square, a low groan went up in the crowd when television news flashed the news that Jackson had died. People began relaying the news to people by cell phone text messages.
Thirty-six-year-old Micheal Harris of New York City read from a message sent on his phone, ``No joke. King of Pop is no more.''
Harris says he will always remember being in Times Square when learning that Jackson had died.
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