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Pixelated text memorializing Michael Jackson with years 1958-2009 and red heart symbols on black background.

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Pixelated text memorializing Michael Jackson with years 1958-2009 and red heart symbols on black background.

Pixelated text memorializing Michael Jackson with years 1958-2009 and red heart symbols on black background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Sh…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • heart color change

Animation Summary

  • Hearts change color: leftmost heart darkens from bright red to dark red, then rightmost heart darkens from bright red to dark red.

Composition

  • text stacked vertically
  • hearts horizontal below text

Dense Caption

Black background with white pixelated text reading 'R.I.P' at top, 'Michael' on second line, 'Jackson' on third line, '1958-2009' on fourth line. Below text, five red pixelated heart symbols arranged horizontally. Leftmost heart is dark red, next three are bright red, rightmost heart is dark red. Animation shows leftmost heart changing from bright red to dark red, then rightmost heart changing from bright red to dark red, while other hearts remain bright red.

Description

  • Pixelated text memorializing Michael Jackson with years 1958-2009 and red heart symbols on black background.

Identity Hypotheses

  • Michael Jackson

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Named Entities

  • Michael Jackson

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • Michael Jackson memorial icon
  • RIP Michael Jackson 1958-2009 hearts
  • pixel art memorial hearts
  • Michael Jackson 1958-2009 red hearts

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined composition: hearts horizontal row below text

Visible Text

  • R.I.P
  • Michael
  • Jackson
  • 1958-2009

Visually Supported Entities

  • Michael Jackson

Wordwall

  • R.I.P
  • Michael
  • Jackson
  • 1958-2009
  • red hearts
  • pixelated text
  • black background
  • dark red hearts
  • bright red hearts
  • heart animation

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2009062806554955047246
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
338 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC
Archive ID
8c6a8849ed40956f
SHA-256
8c6a8849ed40956f9c43ad9e4997ada71db523077a05d8f15b160a2b6dc5d249
Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:42 UTC
Run
1127
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.074176

OpenAI category scores

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Pixelated text memorializing Michael Jackson with years 1958-2009 and red heart symbols on black background.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 13:20 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,881 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,143, response 720

Review tags

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  • dark red (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • memorial (mood, 0.80)
  • somber (mood, 0.80)
  • monochrome with accent color (style, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • text based (style, 0.80)
  • hearts (subject, 0.80)
  • michael jackson (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • hearts change color

Animation

  • heart color change

Animation Summary

  • Hearts change color: leftmost heart darkens from bright red to dark red, then rightmost heart darkens from bright red to dark red.

Colors

  • black
  • white
  • red
  • dark red

Composition

  • text stacked vertically
  • hearts horizontal below text

Dense Caption

Black background with white pixelated text reading 'R.I.P' at top, 'Michael' on second line, 'Jackson' on third line, '1958-2009' on fourth line. Below text, five red pixelated heart symbols arranged horizontally. Leftmost heart is dark red, next three are bright red, rightmost heart is dark red. Animation shows leftmost heart changing from bright red to dark red, then rightmost heart changing from bright red to dark red, while other hearts remain bright red.

Description

  • Pixelated text memorializing Michael Jackson with years 1958-2009 and red heart symbols on black background.

Identity Hypotheses

  • Michael Jackson

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Mood

  • memorial
  • somber

Named Entities

  • Michael Jackson

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • Michael Jackson memorial icon
  • RIP Michael Jackson 1958-2009 hearts
  • pixel art memorial hearts
  • Michael Jackson 1958-2009 red hearts

Objects

  • hearts

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined composition: hearts horizontal row below text

Style

  • pixel art
  • text-based
  • monochrome with accent color

Subjects

  • Michael Jackson
  • hearts

Visible Text

  • R.I.P
  • Michael
  • Jackson
  • 1958-2009

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  • Michael Jackson

Wordwall

  • R.I.P
  • Michael
  • Jackson
  • 1958-2009
  • red hearts
  • pixelated text
  • black background
  • dark red hearts
  • bright red hearts
  • heart animation
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Full source records (1)

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
2009062806554955047246
Archive entry
2009062806554955047246.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

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