United Kingdom, May 2 -- Howie Mandel's eldest daughter begged for her brother to be named Michael Jackson.

As a child, Jackelyn Shultz was mad about the late King of Pop - whose illustrious music career is charted in the biopic, Michael - and she thought naming her then-unborn sibling Alex Mandel would be the perfect way to honour the Thriller hitmaker.

America's Got Talent judge Howie told People: "My daughter, who is now 41, and I were obsessed with Michael Jackson. When she was four years old, [she] wanted my son, who's 36, when my wife [Terry] was pregnant with him, she wanted us to name our son Michael Jackson."

Jackelyn was very vocal throughout her failed name campaign, but the opposite when she met Michael, who died in June 20...