@mjuncovered: Stevie Wonder took that stage on July 7, 2009, and said out loud what the whole world was feeling. 🌹🎹🔊 At the Staples Center memorial, Stevie Wonder told the audience directly, in documented words captured by the live broadcast and reported by the Associated Press, that this was a moment he wished he did not have to witness. He then performed Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer and They Won't Go When I Go for his friend of more than thirty years. Michael Jackson had named Stevie Wonder as one of the artists he admired most, documented in a 1983 Ebony magazine interview. That history made the performance carry a weight that no rehearsed tribute could manufacture. Which moment from the memorial stays with you seventeen years later? Drop a comment and let us know. Follow the page for more real, sourced stories about Michael Jackson's life and legacy. 👏❤️ #MichaelJackson #StevieWonder #MJMemorial #July72009 #MichaelJacksonLegacy

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