Michael Jackson finally laid to rest
Saturday, 5 September 2009
LOS ANGELES, Sept 4, 2009 (AFP): Michael Jackson has finally been laid to rest in a crown-adorned glittering gold coffin after family and friends saluted the tragic "King of Pop" in a poignant farewell.
More than two months after the singer died from a drug overdose, around 200 mourners -- led by the Jackson family and also including Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor -- gathered at a picturesque cemetery on a warm summer evening to celebrate the singer's life.
Jackson's children -- Prince Michael 12, Paris, 11, and seven-year-old Prince Michael II, otherwise known as "Blanket" -- placed a crown on their father's flower-laden coffin before the service got underway.
Unpredictable to the last, Jackson was late to his own funeral, his ornate casket set down before mourners more than 90 minutes after the service had been scheduled to start Thursday evening.
Jackson's brothers -- all dressed identically in black suits and red ties while each wearing a solitary white glove in tribute to the pop icon -- served as pallbearers as the coffin was removed from the hearse.
More than two months after the singer died from a drug overdose, around 200 mourners -- led by the Jackson family and also including Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor -- gathered at a picturesque cemetery on a warm summer evening to celebrate the singer's life.
Jackson's children -- Prince Michael 12, Paris, 11, and seven-year-old Prince Michael II, otherwise known as "Blanket" -- placed a crown on their father's flower-laden coffin before the service got underway.
Unpredictable to the last, Jackson was late to his own funeral, his ornate casket set down before mourners more than 90 minutes after the service had been scheduled to start Thursday evening.
Jackson's brothers -- all dressed identically in black suits and red ties while each wearing a solitary white glove in tribute to the pop icon -- served as pallbearers as the coffin was removed from the hearse.