June 27, 2009 Tribute in reverse: French streets flooded with moonwalkers Play video

(NECN/APTV: Paris, France) - Thousands of people gathered in a Paris street on Saturday for a mass moonwalk in memory of Michael Jackson.

Tributes both personal and public were held by generations of fans all around the world, following the announcement of pop star's death on Thursday.

The Paris event had been advertised in advance on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter as a way to honour the King of Pop, organizer Michael Bernier said.

"We decided to do something and we said, 'OK we are going to do world wide and amazing moon-walk for him', and so we just worked with Facebook and Flickr and Twitter and as you can see there is all the children of Michael today," Bernier said. "The pop king's children are here and this is just for him, we do this from France."

The crowd played Michael Jackson songs like "Bad" and "Billy Jean" and performed his classic dance moves.

The official cause of Jackson's death has not been determined and is not expected to be known for weeks, although Brian Oxman, a former Jackson attorney and a family friend, told NBC's "Today" show on Friday that he had been concerned about Jackson's use of painkillers and had warned the singer's family about possible abuse.

Material courtesy of AP Television.