Michael Jackson’s son Prince remembers his star on the 15th anniversary of his death

Family members of Michael Jackson, including his brothers and son Prince, pay tribute to the King of Pop on the 15th anniversary of his death.

The “Thriller” singer died on June 25, 2009 at the age of 50 – and more than a decade later, his 27-year-old son Prince shared a photo on his Instagram story showing his smiling father performing with children at the Super Bowl XXVII halftime show in 1993.

“I miss you, dad,” Prince, who was only 12 when he lost his father, wrote above the photo. “The world felt better with you in it.”

Jackson’s eldest brother Jackie, 73, also shared a photo on Instagram showing him singing with his younger brother in the early days of their career.

“Hard to believe it’s been 15 years without you ❤️‍🩹 We miss you every day 🕊️,” Jackie wrote under his post.

The siblings’ 70-year-old brother Tito shared a simple black-and-white portrait of the superstar and added the hashtags “15 years without Michael Jackson,” “Gone too soon,” “Always in our hearts,” “We miss you very much,” “MJ4ever,” and “No words.”

Tito’s son TJ, 45, also paid tribute to his late uncle with an Instagram caption: “I miss you so much Uncle Michael. Thank you for everything you did for me. I will always feel like the luckiest nephew to have you as an eternal source of strength, guidance and love. I love you forever.”

Jackson, now 65, died of cardiac arrest caused by a lethal combination of drugs, and his doctor, Conrad Murray, was convicted of manslaughter in 2011.

Director Antoine Fuqua is currently working on a musical biopic starring his nephew Jaafar Jackson, 27.

The 13-time Grammy winner has Prince and 26-year-old daughter Paris with his ex-wife Debbie Rowe and is also father to 22-year-old son Bigi.

In 2022, Prince spoke about his father’s legacy, telling PEOPLE that he thinks about him “every day.”

“There are a lot of complexities in life that parents teach their children, and without them, confusion sets in,” he said. “And besides, it’s a great legacy to preserve, you know? It would be great to know how he would like it. In that respect, I think of him every day.”

Prince also said that he regularly listens to his father’s music because it contains “so much of his personality.”

In March, all three Jackson siblings made a rare joint appearance on the red carpet to support their father at a London preview of MJ: The Musical.

“We have such a close relationship, and because I’m the oldest, my dad always told me that I have to make sure the group is taken care of and that I have to be the leader, so to speak, and lead by example,” Prince said in an interview with Good morning, Great Britain. “But after he died and we were thrown into the ‘real world’ so to speak, my siblings honestly filled the void that I unfortunately left behind.”