{"id":1194437,"date":"2022-08-30T06:31:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T06:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/30\/michael-jacksons-children-pay-tributes-to-singer-on-what-would-have-been-his-64th-birthday\/"},"modified":"2022-08-30T06:31:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T06:31:31","slug":"michael-jacksons-children-pay-tributes-to-singer-on-what-would-have-been-his-64th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/30\/michael-jacksons-children-pay-tributes-to-singer-on-what-would-have-been-his-64th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson\u2019s children pay tributes to singer on what would have been his 64th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/8f83c1da-424e-53ed-92e8-d4d309b43a12&amp;operation=CROP&amp;offset=0x59&amp;resize=816x459\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Michael Jackson\u2019s children have paid tribute to the singer on what would have been his 64th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Siblings Paris and Prince Jackson posted childhood photos of their father to Instagram accounts to mark the milestone on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>Prince, 25, said alongside a snap of \u2018Bad\u2019 singer Jackson feeding him as a baby: \u201cHappy birthday to the greatest!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also shared images of of all three Jackson children at various celebrations, including ones with birthday hats and Christmas trees.<\/p>\n<p>Prince added: \u201cMiss you more and more but I love you more and more with each day. Thank you for everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He signed off the post with applause and heart emojis.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-8d324db5e521a39eac3c9409dadb646f\">Watch video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>!function(e,t,r){let n;if(e.getElementById(r))return;const a=e.getElementsByTagName(\u201cscript\u201d)[0];n=e.createElement(\u201cscript\u201d),n.id=r,n.defer=!0,n.src=\u201dhttps:\/\/playback.oovvuu.media\/player\/v1.js\u201d,a.parentNode.insertBefore(n,a)}(document,0,\u201doovvuu-player-sdk\u201d);<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Paris, 24, posted a similar throwback image to her Instagram stories, with hers showing Jackson giving her a kiss when she was a child.<\/p>\n<p>She said \u201chbd\u201d \u2013 meaning happy birthday \u2013 with a heart emoji alongside the snap.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson died aged 50 at his Los Angeles home after a massive overdose of hospital tranquiliser propofol  in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>With his sister Paris alongside him at the \u2018Michael Jackson Diamond Celebration\u2019 held in honour of the singer\u2019s 60th birthday, Prince said: \u201cBeing here today is definitely an awe-inspiring feeling, because our father was the King of Pop and he did so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"baobab-embedded-image\" src=\"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/resize\/650x65000?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/3ae6f493-41c8-569a-aff8-fb8f93bb1c34\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\"\/><figcaption>Singer Michael Jackson\u2019s children (from left) Prince, Blanket and Paris. REUTERS\/Phil McCarten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Paris added: \u201cWe honour him in our own way, and I don\u2019t really expect anyone else to understand besides this dude right here (Prince.)\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson is survived by three children \u2013 his eldest Prince, who was followed by Paris and his youngest Blanket, now 20 and known as \u2018Bigi\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In a rare interview last year, Bigi told Good Morning Britain how he and his siblings continue their late dad\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of really cool stuff here. I think there\u2019s a lot of history in this house and studio\u2026 that\u2019s what he was all about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/international\/michael-jacksons-children-pay-tributes-to-singer-on-what-would-have-been-his-64th-birthday-6483194e-8877-402e-aeb6-36256c050e79\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Jackson\u2019s children have paid tribute to the singer on what would have been his 64th birthday. Siblings Paris and Prince Jackson posted childhood photos of their father to Instagram accounts to mark the milestone on Monday. Prince, 25, said alongside a snap of \u2018Bad\u2019 singer Jackson feeding him as a baby: \u201cHappy birthday to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1194437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}