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8:47PM | June 26, 2009 | posted by Dan McGraw | comments: 0
North Texans rush to get Michael Jackson memorabilia
Michael Jackson popularity might have seemed like it waned over the last several years. There's no doubt now about Jackson's star power.
Within minutes of Michael Jackson's death, residents across the metroplex began searching for something that they could remember the King of Pop by.
For some, it was a vinyl. But for others, it was anything with his name or image on it.
At the Half Priced Books off Northwest Highway, Michael Jackson items flew off the shelves within 30 minutes. By the next morning, staff saw another wave of Jackson fans buy everything they could get their hands on.
Plano resident David Salas was among those searching for memorabilia on Friday. He woke up at 5 a.m. Friday to try to find anything with Jackson's face on it.
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