Michael Jackson R.I.P

King of Pop Michael Jackson was finally been buried at the Forest Lane cemetery in Los Angeles, while the world media covered a part of the final service.On September 3, 2009, exactly 70 days after his death, Michael Jackson has finally been buried which was supposed to be a private ceremony. It almost felt like July 7th all over again, especially when Michael’s children arrived, until the media lights went out.

The ceremony was supposed to begin at 7pm local time, but there was a delay. At 8.14pm Michael’s 3 kids arrived. Someone was playing a long but beautiful version of ‘I Will Be There‘ on the piano. The song was still playing when the hearse arrived at 8.28pm. At 8.33 the lights go out. From that moment, we saw shaky helicopter images from 3,000 feet above the cemetery, while boring people discussed the life and death of Michael Jackson from the Anderson Cooper 360 studio.

What we didn’t see, was Gladys Knight performing ‘His Eye Is on the Sparrow‘, Clifton Davis performing ‘Never Can Say Goodbye‘ and attendees ‘celebrating‘ or talking about Michael’s life.

Michael Jackson is now buried in a crypt inside the well-guarded and ornate Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, California. The mausoleum includes a stained-glass replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper and replicas of Michelangelo’s statues.

With all the media coverage, it felt like MJ’s family should have gotten space to do a private affair.

May his soul Rest In Peace.

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