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48小时内，Stone Plans 公司制作出来。晚上MJ的故乡加里市将举办纪念仪式，并为纪念碑揭幕。 加里市长，MJ的父亲，牧师/民权领袖Al Sharpton和Jesse Jackson，以及一些演艺明星将参加悼念仪式。
(10-7-2009) A monument to Michael Jackson will be unveiled today in his hometown Gary (Indiana, USA).
It was produced in Richmond in just 48-hours. Senthil Muruganantham, CEO of Stone Plans in Richmond, was struck with an idea for a monument while watching Tuesday's television coverage of the memorial service in Los Angeles. He stayed up through the night designing a monument and then contacted Gary officials Wednesday. They loved it and he produced it.
"Obviously, it struck us that it would be such a tribute and honor to do a monument for Michael Jackson," he said.
It will be shipped to Gary today and unveiled during tonight's memorial service. Mayor Rudy Clay will officiate joined by Joe Jackson, the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, former Miss Indiana Kellee Patterson, singer Deniece Williams and actor Fred "The Hammer" Williamson.
On the front of the monument, Michael Jackson is in silhouette in a classic dance pose against the backdrop of a full moon. "Never can say good bye," the title of one of his hits, is emblazoned below. On the back, a collage of pictures of Jackson from the many stages of his career rings Michael's visage, created from lyrics from "Gone Too Soon", the song Michael wrote for Ryan White, the teenager who died of AIDS in 1990. Titles to several Jackson hits follow below.
"Who is not a fan of his music?" Muruganantham said. "I listened to his music growing up in India. Anybody who sees this can relate to Michael Jackson and his music."
Muruganantham's company is unique in that it could produce such a tribute in such a short period of time. His granite comes from a quarry his family owns in India.
He had the 8-foot tall, 5-foot wide, 5,000-pound block in his 65,000-square-foot warehouse. He has a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a master's degree in architecture from Ohio State University.
"We did all the work in our house," said Dan Tate, a company manufacturers' representative. "'We're one of the few companies in the nation that could have done something like this. Usually it takes several months when you're dealing with second, third and fourth parties."
The polished black granite monument was designed on a computer and laser-etched over 24 hours.
"Obviously we are proud. It's amazing to be a part of Michael Jackson's legacy," he said. "But part of it was being there at the right place at the right time. Sometimes it's meant to happen and it does."
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