Pop Icon Michael Jackson died of an apparent cardiac arrest on June 25, 2009.
Jackson had performed many times at Harlem's Apollo Theater, starting when he was a child with the Jackson Five. The Apollo Theater honored their fallen son
on June 30, 2009 with a press conference starting at 2PM. Afterwards, according to the press release, "the Apollo ...[welcomed] visitors, 600 at a time, to enter the Theater to pay their respects, hear Michael Jackson’s music, and see video
tributes to the late pop star. DJs will be spinning Michael Jackson tunes to accompany a 30-minute video tribute to the star. Fans ...[had] the opportunity
to leave flowers and memorabilia, their Michael Jackson memories, and write condolence messages to the family on a special tribute wall that [was]
located just outside the Theater. The tribute event [occurred] in cycles of approximately 45 minutes throughout the day beginning at 2:15p.m., with the
final entry occurring at 8:30p.m."

New York Cool photographer Angelo Rivera was on hand and he took these photos of the fans standing in the rain to pay homage to their prince of pop.