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Michael Jackson to be interred

2009-09-04 08:30 BJT

Special Report: King of Pop Michael Jackson |

Seventy days after his sudden death, Michael Jackson will be interred in what may or may not be his final resting place.

A private funeral for Michael Jackson will be held in Glendale, California, his family says.
A private funeral for Michael Jackson will be held
in Glendale, California, his family says.

Only his family and closest friends will attend the private burial inside the ornate Great Mausoleum on the grounds of Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, California.

They'll then drive to an Italian restaurant eight miles away in Pasadena, California for "a time of celebration," the nine-page engraved invitation said.

The first page inside the invitation holds a quote from "Dancing the Dream," a book of essays and poems published by Jackson in 1992:

"If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with."

The news media -- which have closely covered every aspect of Jackson's death -- will be kept at a distance, with their cameras no closer than the cemetery's main gate. The family will provide a limited video feed that will only show mourners arriving.

Editor: Liu Fang | Source: CCTV.com