Gary, Ind. mayor hopes Jackson’s modest boyhood home becomes the new Graceland for fans

GARY, Ind. — The hardscrabble city of Gary, Ind., which rose to prosperity in its steelmaking heyday and saw its fortunes fall with the industry, sees an opportunity in the death of its most famous native: Michael Jackson.

Hundreds gather in front of Michael Jackson’s childhood home in Gary, Ind.

GARY, Ind. — Fans formed a prayer circle on the front yard of Michael Jackson’s modest childhood home Thursday and hundreds more crowded the street after word spread that the “King of Pop” and Gary native had died.