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Michael Jackson · 2009

Michael Jackson

Historical music event in the Radio Music History database.

September 4, 2009Death⭐⭐⭐⭐

Description

Friends and family of Michael Jackson gathered to say a final farewell to the singer at his funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles. Among the approximately 200 invited guests were Elizabeth Taylor, Quincy Jones, Macaulay Culkin, Berry Gordy and Lisa Marie Presley. The singer's family arrived in a convoy of 31 vehicles, while Jackson's brothers Randy, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon served as pallbearers for his gold-plated casket. One source record lists the year as 2008, while another lists 2009.

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