‘In Farah Pajuheshfar’s house, candles are always burning for Michael Jackson. The 46-year-old Las Vegas hairdresser keeps at least three votives lit at all times on a table with photos of the embattled superstar—also 46—his CDs and vases of silk flowers with simulated dew on their leaves. Her dining-room table is covered with banners: MICHAEL IS 1000% INNOCENT; MICHAEL, KEEP SOARING LIKE AN EAGLE. Her own drawings (Michael with Liz Taylor, Michael with children at his feet, Michael dancing around a volcano) hang from an otherwise bare Christmas tree. Pajuheshfar’s husband, 17-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter are also dedicated Jackson fans, so they understand when she takes time from her busy schedule to run a fan club (MJ’s Soldiers of Love) and to pray for Michael three times a day. “He was there for me when I needed him,” she says. She fell in love with Jackson’s music as a child in Iran, but became a devotee after his songs helped her overcome the loneliness she felt in a new, strange home. “Now he needs me,” she says, “and it’s my time to return the favor.”‘

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