Category Archives: Legacy

Report: Michael Jackson Rests in Berry Gordy’s Crypt

By doris | Published: July 11, 2009

Full Story at People.com Monday night, Michael Jackson’s elaborate, gold casket was open for viewing by family members at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles. Tuesday, it was closed when presented to fans during the memorial tribute at the Staples Center. And now, as it awaits burial, the casket containing the King of [...]

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Actress: Michael Jackson’s glove was to hide skin problem

By doris | Published: July 10, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com But it also was an early effort to mask a skin condition that he would struggle with for the rest of his life, say some who were close to him. Actress Cicely Tyson, a friend of Jackson’s, said the two shared a fashion designer in the 1980s. “All of a sudden, [...]

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In hunting for celebrity graves, Michael Jackson’s may be difficult

By doris | Published: July 9, 2009

Full Story atCNN.com Their graves are public shrines for fans and followers. Countless people from all over the world make pilgrimages to their burial sites, hoping to draw close to those they adored from afar. Now Michael Jackson’s gravesite will become the next holy grail. A private gathering for the pop icon was held Tuesday [...]

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Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey set for Jackson memorial

By doris | Published: July 7, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Also participating in the event will be basketball stars Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson, and singers Jennifer Hudson, John Mayer and Smokey Robinson, the family said. The Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III will be among others taking part. Ken Ehrlich, known for producing the Grammy Awards, is producing [...]

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Jackson spectacle likely a world event

By doris | Published: July 6, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Thousands are expected to swamp Los Angeles, California, to mourn him Tuesday at the Staples Center, and the accompanying media crush will be enormous. The tribute to the King of Pop at Harlem’s Apollo Theater earlier this week drew coverage from all over the world, along with a public turnout in [...]

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Fans must register for tickets to Jackson memorial

By doris | Published: July 3, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com Details on how to register for the 10 a.m. (1 p.m. ET) service at the 20,000-seat Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, Tuesday are to be announced Friday. Jackson’s family will hold a private ceremony before the public memorial service, his brother said Thursday. Speaking to CNN’s Larry King, Jermaine Jackson [...]

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Fawcett’s family and friends say goodbye

By doris | Published: July 1, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com Fawcett, the blond-maned actress whose best-selling poster and “Charlie’s Angels” stardom made her one of the most famous faces in the world, died Thursday. She was 62, and had suffered from anal cancer off and on for three years. Tuesday’s service at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in [...]

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Michael Jackson’s mom gets kids, estate control for now

By doris | Published: June 30, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com “My understanding is that they did” see the body, attorney Ed Chernoff said. On Monday, the children, ages 7, 11 and 12, were placed under the temporary guardianship of their paternal grandmother, Katherine Jackson, by a Los Angeles judge. The biological mother of Jackson’s two oldest children, Debbie Rowe, will be [...]

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Police: Jackson’s doctor cooperating with investigation

By doris | Published: June 28, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com The department said late Saturday that it conducted an “extensive interview” with the doctor, who may have been the last person to see Jackson alive. “Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician who was with Michael Jackson at the time of his collapse, voluntarily contacted the Los Angeles Police Department,” the statement said. [...]

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Michael Jackson tributes appear all over U.S.

By doris | Published: June 27, 2009

Full Story ACNN.com Jackson’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was surrounded hours before dawn Friday by candles, flowers, posters and balloons. As the sun rose, a man crouched on the sidewalk and painted a portrait of the pop star, who died suddenly on Thursday. “This is a very sad day here in Hollywood, [...]

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