Michael Jackson Finally Laid to Rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Author: Staff | Date: September 7th 2009 | Views: 376
Nearly three months after his surprising death, Michael Jackson was finally laid to rest Thursday evening (Sep 3) in an intimate ceremony only attended by close family and friends at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, located in the Glendale district of Los Angeles. According to reports, guests were told the ceremony would start promptly at 7 P.M. (sunset) but the Jackson family left them waiting for about an hour until they showed up a little after 8 P.M. (PT). Jackson’s brothers, Randy, Marlon, Tito, Jackie and Jermaine, wheeled his gold casket to the front of the service once they arrived, and his three children, Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael Jr., placed a gold crown on top of the flowers adorning it. They also wrote letters to their father that were placed inside of his casket, alongside one of his signature white gloves.
Celebrities among the attending guests were, of course, the Jackson family, Chris Tucker, Elizabeth Taylor, Quincy Jones, Berry Gordy, Macaulay Culkin, Rev. Al Sharpton, MJ’s ex wife Lisa Marie Presley and Gladys Knight, who sang a gospel song after a prayer by Pastor Lucius Smith. Clifton Davis also performed “Never Can Say Goodbye,” the popular song he wrote for the Jackson 5. After the ceremony was over, MJ’s brothers carried his casket to the Grand Mausoleum, where Michael Jackson entered his final resting place.
After the service, the family ate dinner at an Italian restaurant in Pasadena, CA.
















rach
September 9, 2009 at 9:48 AM
R.I.P. MJ u will always be the king
william
September 19, 2009 at 10:34 PM
michael jackson we will miss you very much in our hearts. we mourn every day as you lay to rest in our hearts. we have grown up with all your songs ad/gn we are always there in the minds of your family and your children. we pray everyday fro you and we hope you are in a good place. It was hard to hear that you left us and in our hearts we will hear your voice and songs you have done for years since you where 5 yrs of age. when i was born in 1968 i was young but when you came out with thriller we all where dancing and all. and then you finally became the king of pop. i will my self miss you very much and i still these days listen to your music.