
Michael Jackson poses with 14-year-old fan Donna Ashlock and Bubbles at the Neverland Ranch in 1986.
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Four-year-old Bubbles holds up a photo of himself and Michael Jackson while a Bubbles doll rests beside him in Tokyo, 1987.
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Bubbles and his trainer Bob Dunn, with whom Bubbles lived after Michael Jackson.
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Michael with Bubbles and a pet llama named Louie.
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Michael Jackson, Bubbles, and La Toya Jackson meet a fan in the Philippines in 1987.
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At the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, Florida, residents are often shown films they have performed in when they were younger. Bubbles has not been shown any footage of himself with Michael Jackson.
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Among the 1,300 items from Neverland that were to be offered at auction was this portrait of Michael Jackson and Bubbles.
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A life-size sculpture of Michael Jackson and Bubbles by Jeff Koons is part of the collection of billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad.
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Twenty-six-year-old Bubbles at the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, Florida, where he has lived since 2005.
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Years after he moonwalked, Bubbles, at the Center for Great Apes, lives with more than 40 other apes, some of whom have also been in show business.
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Michael may be gone, but Bubbles is still in the hearts and minds of his fans.
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