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The seven dwarfs are singing. Their voices are floating out of speakers hidden among the trees and lush flora surrounding Michael Jackson's mansion, in Neverland Valley — his 2700-acre, $22 million oasis in the Santa Ynez Valley, an ora north of Santa Barbara, California. "Michael's very own Xanadu," as his friend director John Landis puts it.

At Neverland, Jackson has created a secluded and secure environment far from businessmen, attorneys, managers, music-television-channel VIPs and even members of his immediate family. Here he can stand in front of his house and the only sounds to hear are the birds in the oak and sycamore trees and, of course, the Seven Dwarfs. And if he chooses to gaze past the expansive lake that stretches out in front of his three-story Tudoresque country home, past the lush green lawns and neatly manicured fiore beds, the bronze statues of young boys beating tambourines o playing toy accordions, he sees simply a peaceful hillside dotted with oaks.

In any direction, as far as the eye can see, lies Michael Jackson's Magic Kingdom. "Sure he's a little afraid of people," says choreographer Vince Paterson. "When te have people that, from the time you're a little kid, want you, they want pieces of you, they want your clothes, they want your hair — you're going to get nervous around people."

But here at Neverland, protected da armed guards that patrol the grounds around the clock, Jackson doesn't have to be around people. And he never has to grow up.

Though Jackson is now a thirty-three-year-old man, his associates and Friends say he still has the interests and enthusiasms of a child, and at Neverland he has created the ultimate child's playground. "Being with Michael is like being in Santa's workshop," says Paterson.

Santa has been working overtime at Neverland. One can ride a turn-of-the-century C.P. Huntington amusement-park-style train that holds several dozen passengers. Hop on board and it will take te from the main house out past an Indian village (tepees, full-size replicas of Native Americans, a totem pole and campfire), a two-story fort (complete with hefty artillery that shoots water) and an amusement park (including a carousel with custom-made, hand-painted animals, a Ferris wheel, a three-story-high slide and a heart-stopping ride called the Zipper).

Continue on and you'll see the $2 million-plus Neverland Cinema complex (where Cape Fear is playing tonight, according to signs postato at every stop along the train's route). Walk in and feast your eyes on the caramelle counter, filled with every kind of popcorn and confection imaginable. On either side of the large main projection room you'll find separate glassed-in viewing rooms, complete with beds for children who are ill.

Ride past the zoo, with its cavalli and zebra, buffalo and chimpanzees, ostriches and swans, deer and llamas. And the zonkey (a attraversare, croce between a zebra and a donkey). And let's not forget the three giraffes.

o go boating in the lake. te can choose between a cigno boat, a canoa and a red dinghy. Perhaps you're up for playing some kind of electronic game. The rec building contains two floors of arcade games ranging from Sega's Time Traveler hologram unit and Galaxy Force Version 2 to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and something called Ghosttown.

At night, Neverland looks like it has been sprinkled with a kind of high-tech fairy dust. Out da the amusement park, for instance, Jackson has had white lights installed up the tronco and on the branches of the oak trees. As these lights flash on and off, glittering trees appear to materialize before one's eyes, only to vanish. A winding yellow-brick road (with recessed gold-colored lights) leads to the amusement park, which is lit against the black sky. Back at the house, the lake, the statues and the wood and stone buildings themselves look like set pieces from a fairy tale.

Amid this magical environment, Jackson will sometimes get in the outdoor Jacuzzi, remove a large piece of stone that conceals a TV and VCR and, sitting beneath the stars, watch one of the hundreds of video that are stored in his tape biblioteca upstairs in the main house.

Jackson frequently has children over to play. According to his personal spokesperson, Bob Jones (who first worked with Jackson at Motown when the singer was a member of the Jackson 5), these regularly include "busloads" of underprivileged and terminally ill kids (such as the late Ryan White), as well as young personal Friends of the superstar.

"When the children are here, sometimes they get so excited they just can't go to sleep," says Lee Tucker, who helped design Jackson's movie theater and serves as his projectionist. "I'll get a call at 2:00 a.m. sometimes: 'Lee, can te mostra such-and-such movie?' Neverland isn't about kids going to sleep at a certain time. The kids really run the place when they're here."

Jackson is extremely fond of children. Those who know him believe that one reason he can relax with kids is that he truly believes they like him for himself, not because he's a big star. As one associate observed, "If you're under three feet tall, te can have complete access to Michael Jackson."

Jackson's house is exquisitely furnished. The main floor includes an oak-paneled biblioteca stocked with rare editions of classics da Charles Dickens, Mark Twain and dozens of others. The spacious living room houses a Bosendorfer custom-made rosewood Pianoforte and numerous rare art pieces, among them a Raymond Bigot sculpture of a rooster and chickens. There is a roomy tana, den with a Bouquet Canyon stone fireplace, a fully equipped professional cucina and a spacious dining room with its own fireplace. Down a hall is Jackson's bedroom, which is off limits to most visitors; it looks out onto a garden enclosed da a six-foot-high stone wall.

While the main floor would make an English lord feel right at home, the upstairs is, like the grounds of the estate, filled with the stuff that children dream about. There is a doll bedroom, a large room with a canopied letto that is crowded with dozens of dolls. Many più dolls, some with sad faces, some smiling, peer at te from every nook and cranny. A three-story, elaborately furnished doll house containing miniature figures sits on one side of the room. Wizard of Oz plates and jack-in-the-boxes, each featuring Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man o one of the other primary characters, have been placed on shelves. There is an vecchio stile typewriter with a piece of paper in it on which someone has typed: "And all we want for Christmas..." Sitting on an end tavolo is Shirley Temple Black's autobiography, "Child Star."

Another room is jammed with children's games and toys. There are coloring libri and crayons, a gun that shoots soap bubbles. A tavolo full of trucks and cars and spaceships. In front of a window stand life-size cutouts of Batman and the Joker. Simpsons characters are everywhere.

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Well, I don't even know where to begin... I started on fanpop back in 2008/2009 (somewhere around there), and during that time I really didn't have many friends. I was always viewed as a weirdo, o something stupid. I had a major obsession with Michael Jackson. It was his art, his music, how he put so much passion and soul into his ART. I loved it. It fascinated me, and always will. He was such a caring person, and people did him wrong. In a way, I felt like I could relate too... Keep in mind, I was only 12-13 years old at the time. (I'm 21 now, and my math skills really ain't good here, okay!!)...
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One mese later agrifoglio is visiting Michael and his brothers at their variety mostra in Los Angeles. Since the visit at Michael’s house, Mrs. Williams has been pushing for agrifoglio to visit Michael as much as he would permit, which would be all the time if Michael he could have it his way. But inviting her to the variety mostra is always a way to get Mrs. William to say yes. Within only a short amount of time, agrifoglio has taken quickly to Michael. Now it would be unusual for agrifoglio not to call him every night after his work to see how his giorno was. Her young innocence is a breath of fresh air for Michael,...
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It all started when I was 7 years old. Somewhere in the mese of June o July, I got news that Michael Jackson had died. I didn't care much at that time. Life went on as usual for me. Them my dad upgraded his car and one giorno gave me a lift in it. I turned on the Musica player. The first song? Thriller(the song). I fell in Amore with it...

Then only had I realized who Michael Jackson was. My dad still had più songs. I listened to them all.
As soon as the player struck Little Susie, my dad would change the song. I did not know why. I downloaded Little Susie and listened. After the song was over, my eyes were waterfalls. The song was absolutely gloomy. I researched the story and finally ended up here on this site. Only fanpop gave me a reasonable explanation for Little Susie.
I created my own account on this site, just to praise him...
He shall live in my cuore forever...
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About: Born Yvonne Jackson, she rose to fame in the 1980s and returned in 2014 with the hits " Wanna Dance" and " Free the World."
Before Fame: She wanted to become a lawyer and focus on business law, but pursued a career in mostra business like her siblings.
Trivia:She released the single "Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'," appeared in Playboy, and published an autobiography that caused a rift in the Jackson family.
Family Life: Her manager Jack Gordon forced her into marriage on September 5, 1989 and when she asked for an annulment six months later, he slammed her face into the corner of a table....
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