Jackson family motorcade reaches memorial park for private service

September 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Late actor Patrick Swayze's family will be holding a private memorial in California on October 4. The 'Dirty Dancing' actor lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on Sept 14.

September 4th, 2009 MICHAEL JACKSON's family is planning to lift mourners' spirits with an uplifting ceremony dubbed a "Celebration of Life" following his burial on Thursday night (03Sep09). Jackson, who passed away in June (09), will finally be laid to rest at California's Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park at 7pm local time this evening.

September 3rd, 2009 Stars including ELIZABETH TAYLOR, MACAULAY CULKIN and LISA MARIE PRESLEY turned out to honour MICHAEL JACKSON as he was laid to rest in a private ceremony in California - ten weeks after his sudden death. The King of Pop passed away at his Holmby Hills home on 25 June (09) and a week later he was remembered with a family funeral and a star-studded public memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

August 27th, 2009 Police in Glendale, California have warned MICHAEL JACKSON fans not to head to the city on the day of his burial - because they will be kept well away from the private ceremony. The pop superstar, who passed away in June (09), will finally be laid to rest on 3 September (09) at the Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

August 19th, 2009 MICHAEL JACKSON's family has confirmed the King of Pop will be laid to rest on what would have been his 51st birthday (29Aug09). After weeks of speculation, the pop superstar - who died on 25 June (09) - will be buried in a mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.

July 8th, 2009 On Michael Jackson’s memorial service, there is a Michael Jackson Memorial Booklet on every seat on Staples Center. Michael Jackson Memorial Booklet serves as an obituary, a tribute and a memory that you were in his burial.

July 7th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Thousands of police deployed in downtown Los Angeles early Tuesday as the world's entertainment capital braced itself for the memorial service of one of the greatest entertainers in history. Police said the operation ahead of the public memorial for Michael Jackson exceeded that of all past events in the city's history, including the 1984 Olympics, the Los Angeles Times reported.

July 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has praised Michael Jackson as one of the "greatest entertainers of our generation" whose life was mired in tragedy. Obama's remarks in an interview with CNN came as thousands of people flocked to downtown Los Angeles Tuesday to attend a memorial service for the pop icon.

July 7th, 2009 Forest Lawn final resting place for many starsLOS ANGELES — A cemetery that is the burial place for many celebrities was slowly returning to normal Tuesday after its latest service — a private memorial for Michael Jackson. Sprawling Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills reopened by late morning after the Jackson family moved on to a public service in downtown Los Angeles.

July 7th, 2009 Jackson casket taken from private serviceLOS ANGELES — A hearse carrying Michael Jackson's golden casket has left a private service in the Hollywood Hills, apparently heading to a public memorial in downtown Los Angeles. Family and friends spent about a half hour in the service Tuesday morning, then left in a motorcade behind the hearse.

July 7th, 2009 Motorcade leaves Michael Jackson's parents' homeLOS ANGELES — A motorcade has left the home of Michael Jackson's parents, apparently heading for a private service in advance of a star-studded memorial in downtown Los Angeles. Numerous vehicles under California Highway Patrol escort headed out from the San Fernando Valley property shortly before 8 a.m.

July 7th, 2009 Mariah Carey sings at Michael Jackson memorialLOS ANGELES — Mariah Carey has given the opening performance at Michael Jackson's memorial with a sweet rendition of the Jackson 5's ballad "I'll Be There." The duet with Trey Lorenz began Tuesday after Jackson's golden casket was placed in front of the Staples Center stage while a church choir sang. The public event followed a private service for family and friends in a cemetery hall in the Hollywood Hills.

July 7th, 2009 Private Jackson service precedes public memorialLOS ANGELES — A motorcade that began at the home of Michael Jackson's parents reached a cemetery in the Hollywood Hills early Tuesday for a private service in advance of a star-studded memorial in downtown Los Angeles. Numerous vehicles under California Highway Patrol escort headed out from the parents' home shortly before 8 a.m.

July 7th, 2009 Jackson motorcade reaches LA memorial service siteLOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson's golden casket has arrived at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles for a public memorial service. A hearse carried the flower-draped casket in a motorcade from a private service earlier Tuesday at a cemetery hall in the Hollywood Hills.

July 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Late King of Pop Michael Jackson's family have declared that they will not be having a public viewing of the superstar's body at the Neverland Ranch. The family's publicist Ken Sunshine announced that there would be a public memorial for the fallen King of Pop, but it would not be held at his famed Ranch.