Michael Jackson’s fans have flocked to Los Angeles for the performer’s memorial service concert Tuesday 7 July, possibly bringing the city $4 million in tourism money. Mariah Carey, Lionel Ritchie and Stevie Wonder are performing. Signs are that the family will bury him at the celebrity-studded Forrest Hills cemetery in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, a California judge has refused Jackson’s mother’s plea to remove his lawyer and music manager as executors, even on an interim basis, of his estate. The Washington Post and other media from Ireland to Canada to China are calling the events a media circus, in the broadest sense. BBC, CNN, Los Angeles Times, New York Times
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News story, GenevaLunch, 7 July 2009.
Filed under: World news
Tags: concert, estate, Forrest Hills, Lionel Ritchie, Los Angeles, Mariah Carey, memorial service, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder
July 8th, 2009 at 3:44 am
This comment concerns Lisa de Moraes TV article – “Let the Circus Begin” concerning Michael Jackson’s memorial service. How dare her ASSUME Michael Jackson Memorial serve would be an orgy and a circus! Just where did she get her information? If she watched his memorial service, there should be an apology to the Jackson family and his fans for writing such a nasty article!! Shame on you Lisa de Moraes!!!
July 9th, 2009 at 7:49 am
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