Paris Jackson Reflects on Losing Her Father Michael Jackson at Age 11: ‘He Died After Face Surgery.’Linh

Michael Jackson’s daughter is keeping his memory and legacy aliveParis Jackson, 25, lost her dad when she was only 11 years old and famously gave a short, unplanned speech at Michael’s 2009 funeral. “Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just want to say that I love him so much,” she said.

In the years since, Paris has followed in her famous father’s footsteps as a musician.”Music is like the air I breathe — it is awareness, it is being able to create something bigger than me and it is a way to express myself and externalize what I feel inside,” she told L’Officiel Italia in 2020.

And according to her older brother Prince Michael Jackson, Paris is like their late father in so many ways.“Basically, as a person, she is who my dad is,” he told Rolling Stone in 2017. He added that Paris is similar to their dad “in all of her strengths and almost all of her weaknesses, as well. She’s very passionate.”