Memorial service for DJ AM in Hollywood resembles 12-step meeting

September 19th, 2009 LONDON - Locals of a North Carolina community, where Patrick Swayze's film 'Dirty Dancing' was shot, are planning a memorial service for the late star. The 'Ghost' star died on Monday evening after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

September 3rd, 2009 The stars came out to pay their last respects to ADAM 'DJ AM' GOLDSTEIN on Wednesday afternoon (02Sep09) as he was laid to rest in Los Angeles. The club icon was found dead in his downtown New York apartment on Friday (28Aug09), aged 36, amid rumours of a possible drugs overdose.

September 3rd, 2009 LINDSAY LOHAN, ROBERT DOWNEY JR. and NICOLE RICHIE were among the mourners who attended a star-studded memorial service for the late ADAM 'DJ AM' GOLDSTEIN on Thursday evening (03Aug09).

September 3rd, 2009 ADAM 'DJ AM' GOLDSTEIN's private memorial service will resemble a '12-step recovery meeting', according to U.S. reports. The celebrity DJ, 36, was found dead in his New York apartment on Friday (28Aug09) after suffering a suspected drug overdose.

July 8th, 2009 LONDON - Late King of Pop Michael Jackson's memorial service will be beamed into movie theatres in 20 U.S. states, it has been revealed.

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 LONDON - Michael Jackson's ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, will not be attending his memorial service. The 49-year-old mother of his two eldest kids, Prince and Paris, believes that her attendance would probably distract from the celebration of his life.

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 Jackson daughter speaks at memorialLOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson protected his children from the press, but the three youngsters appeared on a world stage Tuesday to honor their father at his public memorial service. Daughter Paris-Michael addressed the crowd, making an emotional statement to an audience of thousands at the Staples Center and millions more around the globe who watched the service on TV.

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 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 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 Jackson motorcade reaches memorial parkLOS ANGELES — A motorcade from the home of Michael Jackson's parents has reached a cemetery in the Hollywood Hills 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 5th, 2009 More than 1 million seek tix for Jackson memorialLOS ANGELES — More than 1.2 million people have now registered to get tickets for Michael Jackson's memorial service next week. Only 11,000 tickets will be given out for the Tuesday service at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.

July 3rd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Organisers Friday released the first details of Michael Jackson's public memorial service, confirming that it will take place at the Staples Centre in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday. A total of 17,500 tickets will be available via lottery for fans who register online at Staplescenter.com.