Fan Jenny Tanner holds a Michael Jackson book outside the gates of Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, California July 1, 2009. Jackson's family has said there are no plans for a funeral or burial of his body at the ranch in Central California. But the rural playground inspired by Jackson's alter-ego, Peter Pan, would remain an attraction in an region already trafficked by tourists, and it could rival Elvis Presley's Graceland as a future venue for his millions of fans around the world. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

Fan Jenny Tanner holds a Michael Jackson book outside the gates of Neverland Ranch in Los Olivos, California July 1, 2009. Jackson's family has said there are no plans for a funeral or burial of his body at the ranch in Central California. But the rural playground inspired by Jackson's alter-ego, Peter Pan, would remain an attraction in an region already trafficked by tourists, and it could rival Elvis Presley's Graceland as a future venue for his millions of fans around the world.

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  7. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: President and CEO of the Brenden Theatre Corp. Johnny Brenden (L) and Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Indiana attend a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  8. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - OCTOBER 28: (SOUTH AFRICA, UAE, Fans attend the South African premiere of 'This is It' at the Ster Kinekor cinemas in Fourways on October 28, 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The movie premiered at 3am on Wednesday morning in South Africa, part of eighteen simultaneous premieres on five continents that launched a two-week release of 'This Is It', a portrait of Jackson preparing for the London concerts due to have begun just weeks after his sudden death in June 2009. More than 100 hours of behind-the-scenes footage for Jackson's aborted return to the stage have been distilled into a two-hour film, which has been hyped by organisers as the last-ever performance by the 'King of Pop'. Despite the anticipation surrounding the film, a group of diehard Jackson fans have launched an online campaign urging devotees of the singer to boycott the movie, claiming it hides the truth about his final days. The group claims on its website - 'This-Is-Not-It' - that the movie attempts to mask Jackson's physical frailty as he maintained a punishing schedule of rehearsals.
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  10. Baseball fans dressed as Elvis Presley watch the pregame ceremonies during "Elvis Night" at a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, in Chicago.
  11. Elvis Presley impersonators (from L to R) Herzl Shimoni, Eran Levron and Dvir Viedenbaum take part in a performance marking the 32nd anniversary of Presley's death, at a restaurant in the Israeli town of Neve Ilan near Jerusalem August 16, 2009.
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  14. Israeli fans of Elvis Presley are dressed in costumes similar to those worn by the late singer at the Elvis Inn in the town of Abu Gosh, near Jerusalem, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009. Israeli fans of the late singer gathered to mark 32 years since his death.
  15. CHICAGO - OCTOBER 15: A photo album with photographs of Elvis Presley is displayed with other Elvis memorabilia at the Leslie Hindman auction house October 15, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The album and other Elvis related items including a clump of Elvis' hair, will be auctioned October 18. The items are from the collection of Gary Pepper a long-time Elvis friend and president of one of his first fan clubs.
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