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NEW YORK - The Harlem theatre that helped launch Michael Jackson's career plans star-studded tributes to him this summer.

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Sean Kang, right, 35 of Queens, N.Y., embraces Viola Gonsalves, 35, of Far Rockaway, N.Y., as a crowd gathers in the wake of his death at the Apollo Theater in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Friday June 26, 2009.

The Apollo Theater will also stage a public memorial Tuesday at 2 p.m. Eulogies will be delivered under the marquee by its president and others.

Inside, DJs will spin Jackson's music accompanied by video tributes.

Fans will be invited to record their thoughts about Jackson's life and sudden death outside on a wall on 125th Street.

And on Wednesday night, Apollo's weekly Amateur Night will be dedicated to the King of Pop, who won Amateur Night with the Jackson 5 in 1969. Audience members will be encouraged to "moonwalk" during the "soul train" dance line.

The theatre plans the star-filled memorial tribute in July.