MJ Blog – Michael Jackson Blog

 

On September 3, 2009, exactly 70 days after his death, Michael Jackson has finally been buried. It was supposed to be a private ceremony, although media from all over the world were reporting from Glendale, California. The arrival from family and friends and from the hearse was authorized to be aired, but not the ceremony itself, which made the whole event very strange to watch from a distance. In the beginning, it felt like July 7th all over again, especially when Michael’s children arrived, until the media lights went out.

 

 

The ceremony was supposed to begin at 7pm local time, but there was a delay. At 8.14pm Michael’s 3 kids arrived. I honestly couldn’t believe my eyes.

 

 

Someone was playing a long but beautiful version of ‘I Will Be There‘ on the piano. The song was still playing when the hearse arrived at 8.28pm. At 8.33 the lights go out. From that moment, we saw shaky helicopter images from 3,000 feet above the cemetery, while boring people discussed the life and death of Michael Jackson from the Anderson Cooper 360 studio.

 

What we didn’t see, was Gladys Knight performing ‘His Eye Is on the Sparrow‘, Clifton Davis performing ‘Never Can Say Goodbye‘ and attendees ‘celebrating‘ or talking about Michael’s life, but I believe the Jackson family deserves some privacy. I believe the whole coverage should not have happened.

 

 

Michael Jackson is now buried in a crypt inside the well-guarded and ornate Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, California. The mausoleum includes a stained-glass replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper and replicas of Michelangelo’s statues.

 

 

He has finally reached his final resting place. Rest in peace, Michael.

 

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