The dance routine, which interprets a number of songs from Jackson’s career, was completed by the 1, 500 CPDRC inmates 10 hours after getting word of his death, according to the video details.

The video has been viewed 860,354 times. On YouTube.

Michael Jackson’s spirit lives on inside a Filipino jail.

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Michael Jackson, 50, died Thursday in Los Angeles as sensationally as he lived, as famous as a human being can get.

He was a child Motown sensation who grew into a moonwalking megastar, the self-anointed King of Pop who sold 750 million records throughout his career and enjoyed worldwide adoration.

But with that came the world’s relentless curiosity, and Jackson came to be regarded as one of show business’s legendary oddities, hopping from one public relations crisis to another.

Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center after being stricken at his rented home in Holmby Hills, Calif. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his home for nearly three-quarters of an hour, then rushed him to the hospital, where doctors continued to work on him.

“It is believed he suffered cardiac arrest in his home. However, the cause of his death is unknown until results of the autopsy are known,” his brother Jermaine said. Police said they were investigating, standard procedure in high-profile cases.

In the end there were two sides to the record: The tabloid caricature and the singer that his fans will always treasure. There were those whose devotion knew no bounds, who visited the gates of his private ranch north of Santa Barbara, Calif., arriving at Neverland on pilgrimages from Europe and Asia, and who were among the first to flock to UCLA Medical Center as news of his death spread Thursday. Those were the same kind of fans who camped out at the Santa Barbara Superior Courthouse, to show their support during his 2005 trial. They released doves and wept when he was acquitted.

Then there was the other kind of fan, who preferred to keep memories of the singer locked firmly in his 1980s prime: Today’s young adults all have memories of being toddlers and grade-schoolers who moonwalked. Even hard rockers will easily confess to the first album they ever bought: Thriller.

“I am just devastated,” said Bridgette Cooper, 44, of Mitchellville, Md., who was driving her children to math tutoring when her 12-year-old got the news by text. “I don’t ever remember not loving him. … Even through the turmoil and the public spectacle, I still loved him and his music.”

Jackson’s death set off an instant media frenzy befitting the later chapters of his stardom. Web sites began reporting that the singer had been taken to the hospital. Soon, streets in the neighborhoods around the hospital were closed and crowds of onlookers formed, much as they did wherever the singer had appeared. Soon, they were dancing and playing Jackson’s music.

“No joke. King of Pop is no more. Wow,” Michael Harris, 36, of New York City, read from a text message a friend had sent him. “It’s like when Kennedy was assassinated. I will always remember being in Times Square when Michael Jackson died.”

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