This week the entertainment world lost one of its most talented, beloved, and innovate artists. Michael Jackson, whose singing and dancing helped define a new art form – the music video – passed away at the age of 50 at his home in Los Angeles. During his 45-year career in music, his magic and charisma made him the most recognized performer in the world, and one of the most beloved. Today, one day after his death, devoted fans are gathering around the world to pay tribute to 'The King of Pop', bringing flowers, wearing the kinds of items that were his trademark, and sharing their sadness. In Gary, Indiana, his childhood home, residents of this city were conducting a vigil at the house where he and his brothers and sisters learned to sing, dance, play instruments, and become the most famous family act in American musical history. In New York, outside Harlem's Apollo Theater, devoted fans were remembering his first performance there, with The Jackson Five, in 1969. In Los Angeles, his fans and admirers were gathered at his home, and at his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Not since the passing of Elvis Presley and John Lennon has a death in our generation's musical family seen such an outpouring of emotion. Michael Jackson's unique contributions to the world of popular music will be studied, and imitated, but never reproduced – for he was truly one of a kind.