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Two days before the one-year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death, Madame Tussauds in New York placed Jackson's wax figure and the original plaster cast of his hand in the attraction's lobby. A make-up artist retouched the Jackson statue's hair and face so that the self styled King of Pop would be camera ready. Fans lined up to take photos with the Jackson likeness and placed roses at his feet. Priscilla Lucas from Chicago said seeing Jackson's figure left her with mixed feelings. Lucas' first date was to a Jackson concert and leading up to the singer's death, she said she hasn't missed one in her home town. Ruth Rodriguez was visiting Madame Tussauds with her husband and said seeing Jackson's likeness highlighted was a nice surprise. Italian tourist Sinzia Massimi posed for pictures hugging the Jackson statue. Afterwards she said the singer had special significance for her as a dancer. I cry, I very cry for Michael, Massimi told. From Shanghai to Washington D.C. nine Madame Tussauds attractions will pay tribute to Jackson, whose untimely passing June 25 of last year shocked fans around the world. Each attraction will create its own tribute exhibit. Madame Tussauds New York's exhibit will be free to the public, so that New Yorkers and Times Square tourists and passerby's alike will have a chance to be close to the King of Pop once again. The tribute exhibit, which will also include a variety of classic MJ photos and his original hand cast from a 1986 sitting for the museum, will be on display until July 7th.
