Quincy Jones won’t attend Jacko’s funeral

August 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Actors Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson will once again be together on the big screen after nearly a decade.

July 25th, 2009 LONDON - Pop singer Amy Winehouse had to miss her grandmother's funeral to attend her assault trial in London. The Back to Black singer was accused of punching dancer Sherene Flash in the face after an argument over a photograph last September (08).

July 20th, 2009 Jones won't fly to the moon _ but his music didWASHINGTON — Quincy Jones won't fly to the moon — but his music did. As the crew of Apollo 11 rocketed toward their historic moon landing on July 20, 1969, astronaut Buzz Aldrin listened to Jones' arrangement of Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon." In a phone interview from Marbella, Spain, Jones told AP Radio that when he heard the news from Sinatra, it was "like something that's surrealistic.

July 9th, 2009 NEW YORK - King of Pop Michael Jackson's funeral attracted more than 31 million TV viewers, making it the second most watched funeral after Princess Diana's. According to the viewership on 18 networks, the live coverage, 1-4 p.m, attracted 31.14 million viewers, reports New York Daily News.

July 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Legendary Hollywood actress Dame Elizabeth Taylor has confirmed that she will not attend her longtime friend and icon Michael Jackson's funeral at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. She stated on social network site Twitter that she wants to keep her grief private, Fox News reports.

July 4th, 2009 LONDON - American record producer Quincy Jones has revealed that he has been left heartbroken over King of Pop Michael Jackson's death. Jones, 76, who calls Jackson his "little brother", had been the brains behind the star's biggest albums - 'Off The Wall', 'Bad' and record-breaking 'Thriller'.

July 3rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Fans wanting to bid their final adieu to late King of Pop Michael Jackson can attend his memorial service free of charge. The Jackson family has confirmed that a memorial service for the late pop icon will take place on Wednesday at the Staples Centre arena in Los Angeles About 11,000 tickets will be distributed free of charge for the event, the family said, through a public relations company engaged to handle the event.

July 3rd, 2009 Producer Quincy Jones says Jackson's death surrealLONDON — Legendary music producer Quincy Jones says Michael Jackson's sudden death is too surreal to process. Jones is renowned in the music world for producing Jackson's most successful albums, including the best-selling "Thriller." He told BBC Wales television that he never imagined Jackson would die before him.

July 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - American actor Ryan O'Neal is said to have banned his estranged son Griffin from attending Farrah Fawcett's funeral on June 30, as he is "a bad guy". Griffin O'Neal, 44, insisted that the late actress would have wanted him at the funeral, and that she would have been upset that he could not attend to say his last farewell.

July 1st, 2009 Farrah Fawcett's life celebrated at LA funeralLOS ANGELES — The life of "Charlie's Angels" star Farrah Fawcett was celebrated Tuesday at a private funeral in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Her longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, 68, was among pallbearers who accompanied the casket, covered in yellow and orange flowers, into the Roman Catholic cathedral.

June 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Michael Jackson's father Joe has said that information regarding the funeral of his legendary son will be provided only after the result of the second autopsy is out. "We aren't ready for [releasing information on the funeral].

June 29th, 2009 LONDON - Late King of Pop Michael Jackson's funeral may be bigger than that of Princess Diana, say reports. Diana's funeral saw a gathering of 250,000 people in London's Hyde Park alone, and it was watched on TV by 2.5 billion people worldwide, a record for any television broadcast.

June 26th, 2009 LONDON - King of Pop Michael Jackson's sudden death on Thursday has left his friends and fans absolutely devastated. The 50-year-old singer is said to have died after suffering a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles.

June 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Michael Jackson's comeback concerts in London will not take place, according to Jackson family stalwart Arthur Phoenix. Phoenix, the family's former publicist and advisor to Jackson's brother Tito, expressed his doubts over the King of Pop performing at the O2 Arena stage to begin his 50-run shows next month.

May 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Superproducer Mark Ronson's plans to re-team with pop star Amy Winehouse have reportedly been scrapped, after the latter failed to turn up to the studio to finish their track dedicated to Quincy Jones. Ronson was due to return to the studio with the singer to record a new version of Lesley Gore's 'You Don't Own Me' for an upcoming album, in honour of music industry legend Jones.