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Kitschy fan art, mushy messages, ruby-red lamps, colourful pictures, handwritten notes and gaudy ornaments lie beneath the statue of Renaissance composer Orlande de Lassus. Candles flicker and the fragrant smell of fresh flowers lingers in the air. This is a makeshift shrine to Michael Jackson, the King of Pop.
An offbeat attraction in Munich, Birgit, the guide, tells me how Michael Jackson was a frequent visitor to Munich in the ’90s, and always stayed at his favourite place — the Hotel Bayerisher Hof.
When MJ passed away in 2009, his fans converted the space in front of a statue near the hotel into an impromptu shrine. I watch a young fan cleaning the space diligently and arranging fresh flowers in vases. “Our fan club takes turns,” he tells me.
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