CNN's Jaqueline Hurtado, Paul Vercammen, Michael Martinez, Stan Austin, Nick Valencia, Melissa Abbey and Michael Pearson contributed to this report.

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The day's only tenor, Michael Brandenburg, from Austin, Ind.

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Producer Dallas Austin worked with him on Michael Jackson's "HIStory: Past, Present and Future" and, like the rest of the world, was stunned by his death.

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"Michael Jackson was a magical person to work with, " Austin said in a released statement.

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And if the deal closes, Michael Dell would remain in charge of the custom PC-maker he founded in his Austin dorm room in 1984.

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Almost two years ago I attended the Dell analyst meeting in Austin to hear about the rollout of the new management team and the new business plan Michael Dell was embracing upon his return to the company.

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Michael Dell's side business overran his dorm room at the University of Texas, but he stayed in Austin.

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Michael Akilian is an associate at venture capital firm Alsop Louie Partners and electrical engineering student at the University of Texas Austin.

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