The King of Pop AKA Michael “Jacko” Jackson was finally laid to rest in his place selected at Forest Lawn cemetary in Glendale, CA on Thursday evening. Family and close friends came together to pay their final respects in this 57th round of Michael funerals since his death on June 25th. Just kidding, but WTF took so long to arrive at this point?
On a hot Southern California night, the skies still smoky from mountain brush fires, the famous friends joined Jackson’s family, including his parents, brothers and sisters and three children, to say goodbye. Jackson’s backup dancers served as ushers. His brothers, wearing black armbands and a sequined glove on one hand, carried his flower-covered casket out of the hearse and placed it before about 200 mourners on a stage decorated with white lilies and white roses – part of a private, intimate gathering in contrast to the thousands who attended Jackson’s internationally telecast memorial service at Los Angeles’ Staples Center.
Jackson’s three children then placed a crown on their father’s coffin to mark his status as the King of Pop. After a prayer by Pastor Lucius Smith and a gospel number sung by Gladys Knight, Clifton Davis performed the Jackson 5 song he wrote, “Never Can Say Goodbye.” Jackson’s father Joseph and the Rev. Al Sharpton addressed the mourners, as did close friends and family. After the ceremony, the brothers carried the casket to the Grand Mausoleum, where at 9:43 p.m. Jackson entered his final resting place.
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