You can no longer get tickets to Worlds Largest Memorial Service.

Tickets to Michael Jackson's Memorial Service will be issued in pairs.

1.6 million folks applied for tickets to the Michael Jackson Memorial Service. The total tickets available 17,500.Billions of people are expected to view the live broadcast of the Michael Jackson Memorial Service. Billions more will watch ithe streaming video on the internet. This event will be the world’s largest funeral.

From www.telegraph.co.uk/

“The lottery has now closed and applications were received at a rate of around 50,000 per hour, or more than 800 per minute. That equates to more than 13 applications per second.”

Many expect the memorial service to be a concert. this will be a funeral service. There will be reverence and spiritual symbols.

Just what spiritual symbols will be  be up front and center we do not know.  Michael Jackson was brought up a Jehovahs Witness but recently converted to Islam. Remember Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine has final say in the event.

It will be interesting to see what the worlds largest funeral service will be like.

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Staples Center Pic From Flickr under the Creative commons license  zerega’s photostream

Michael Jackson Public Funeral To be held in Staples Center in LA 10:00 AM July 7th 2009

The Michael Jackson Funeral Service may  be on 6.o7.o9. Reports say it will be at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Details are not formalized all though reports say the service will be next Tuesday.

Fans who made the pilgrimage to Neverland Ranch  have found this is  truly disappointing. In any funeral famous or unknown the wishes of the family are always respected.

According to USA Today.

“A free public memorial for Michael Jackson will be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles….

Randy Phillips, CEO of AEG Live, which will produce the memorial…….

TMZ stated that Michael Jackson’s body was at Forest Lawn Mortuary in LA.

It ws announced on Thursday nite that  free 11,000 tickets would be made available to the public, and that large screens would be set up outside the Staples Center to accommodate crowd overflow. Quite possibly a private funeral service will be held ahead of the public one.

This is the latest information on the Michael Jackson, (MJ) Funeral, Funerals

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Staples center pic from Flickr under the Creative Commons license from Christopher Chan’s photostream

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Reports now State the Michael Jackson funeral will be at the Staples Center in LA

Michael Jackson’s Funeral is to be in Los Angeles. It will not happen at the Neverland Ranch. Speculation abounds. A  good funeral director will let the family take as long as it wants to make funeral arrangements. However the public indecision of the Jackson Family has hurt fans.

It has been reported that trouble getting the  burial permits for  a Neverland MJ Burial, was the reason for no Neverland Michael Jackson Burial.

Discord in the Jackson Family was also a reason given for no Neverland Burial.

Snippet from  Fox News:

Sources close to the dicussions tell FOX News that a Jackson even will take place at 10 am at the downtown arena where the Los Angeles Lakers play.

Maybe the MJ private funeral  service will also be public MJ  Memorial Service.

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Staples center pic from Flickr under the Creative Commons license from Christopher Chan’s photostream

Ed McMahon receive his last standing ovation at his funeral from family and friends on Sunday. The Funeral took place at  the Church of the Hills at the Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries in the Hollywood Hills.

Ed McMahon maintained his sense of humor to the end. He broke  his neck in 2007. He faced the loss oh his home and wives.

Many simply remember Ed from watching Johnny  on the tube.

Snippet According to  to Cafe Press.

“Jimmy Kimmel, Natalie Cole, David Foster and Tony Danza were some of the celebrities that paid their final respects to the “Tonight Show” sidekick. Also in attendance were Johnny Carson’s widow, Joanna Carson, and McMahon’s wife”

Ed McMahon was loved by many.

It is sad there was not an Ed McMahon Memorial Service.

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McMahon Pic from Wikepedia.com

Demaine Funeral Home in Alexandria,Va one of the SCI Funeral Homes in the Corpse Abuse Scandal

The Worlds Largest Funeral Corporation, Service Corporation International (SCI) has denied wrong doing in the 2009 veterans abuse scandal. In true SCI fashion they made the “Not Guilty Statement” in corpse abuse but provided no evidence as to why the corporation is innocent. The sandal was first reported in April 2009 by the Washington Post. The company is also known as NYSE:SCI

From the Washington Post.

“A Falls Church funeral home that allegedly mishandled numerous bodies over the past year has denied wrongdoing. Its attorneys wrote to a Virginia regulatory board that the company has not violated any laws or industry standards and that it treats all remains with “the utmost dignity and respect.”

Lawsuits in this case.

Scandal Summarized in Pictures.

This all took place at the National Funeral home in Falls Church, Virginia. National Funeral Home in Falls Church Virginia and the Demaine Funeral Home in Alexandria Virginia.

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WARNING: the details of this scandal are quite horrific.

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Demaine Funeral Home pic under the creative commons license from  FLICKRNCinDC’s photostream

Dignity Logo Pic on flickr under creative commons license from Jeremy Brooks’ photostream

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The Michael Jackson Funeral will NOT be held at Neverland Ranch

The one thing that frustrates a funeral director when making funeral arrangements is a family that keeps changing its mind on the funeral. This appears to be what is happening in the Michael Jackson Funeral.

It is clear that some of the Michael Jackson Family wanted the public Funeral at The Neverland Ranch.

A Visitation will not occur there. A Memorial Service for the public will not happen at Neverland.

Although the family had somehow gotten the Santa Barbara Sheriff, CHP and other law enforcement officials to cooperate, the Funeral will not take place at the Neverland Ranch.

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From TMZ.com

– it won’t be until next week– it will not be at Neverland– it will be in the L.A. area, and the Staples Center…. hasn’t been decided.

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Neverland Ranch Pic from Flickr undr the Creative Commons license from  TunnelBug’s photostream

Jackson Art Work from flickr under the Creative Commons license  from

The Farah Fawcett Funeral is over. Details are coming out. Redmond O Neal read Lamentations 3: 17 – 26. Ryan O Neal read Wisdom 3: 1- 9. The Eulogy by Alana Stewart was quite moving. 200 folks attended the funeral 500 were invited.

The Roman Catholic Church “Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels” in  downtown Los Angeles, California, was the location of Farrah s funeral yesterday.

It as a beautiful ceremony held in a beautiful modern Catholic Church. Part of Farrah’s legacy is her beauty. The Cathedral  Our Lady of the Angels catholic Church has the same legacy.

Check out some pics from inside the church.

From radaronline.com

“The program passed out at the ceremony was an ode to the icon’s glamorous persona. On the cover of the pamplet, Fawcett- in a sequined dress- is shown giving a million-dollar smile to the camera as her trademark hair runs curly and free.

Inside the cover the words of James Joyce set the tone for the somber event. From his quoted poem At That Hour:

Play on, invisible harps, unto Love,
Whose way in heaven is aglow
At that hour when soft lights come and go,
Soft sweet music in the air above
And in the earth below.”

It was reported  that Ryan O’Neil Closed the door to the Hearse for the last time and said so long babe.

More on the eulogy

The Funeral was a great memorial to Farrah

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Farrah Fawcett pic:

Farrah Fawcett  above  pic from

in a  scene  from “Someone Killed Her Husband” in 1978. from LA Times

So long Babe

Michael Jackson

The plans for the Michael Jackson Funeral are set. There is much speculation about the details. There will be two services. One service will be public.  There will be a viewing and a memorial service for the public on  Friday July 3rd 2009.There will be a private Service on  Sunday July 5th 2009.

The other owners of the Neverland Ranch are aware of the income opportunities that are available to Neverland Ranch with the death of Michael Jackson, the King of POP.

The Santa Babara Sheriff’s department is involved.

From Showbizspy.com

“Our role will primarily be traffic, but also crowd control,” department spokesperson Lt. Butch Arnoldi told E! News. “We will also be making sure there is no trespassing on neighboring ranches and stuff like that. We would be stationed on the perimeter of the house. The actual roadway will be the responsibility of the CHP.”

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Michael Jackson Pic from Wikepedia

Thereis video available from outside the Farrah Fawcett Funeral

Revealed now there is a video of events that took place outside the Farah Fawcett Funeral. There are are also pics of the inside of the church of what you may have seen if you had been invited to Farahs Funeral.

Video Link: www.eonline.com

No pictures were allowed inside the church during the service.

Here is link to pictures from inside the church where the Farah Fawcett Funeral was held

Light a candle for Farrah Here.

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From Reuters:

“Fellow “Charlie’s Angels” star Kate Jackson, former model Cheryl Tiegs and rocker Rod Stewart’s ex-wife Alana Stewart were also among the mourners. Fawcett’s Los Angeles cancer doctor, Dr. Lawrence Piro, delivered the eulogy with Stewart.

Fawcett’s coffin was taken into the church as a quartet of musicians played “Amazing Grace” and Irving Berlin love song “Always”, according to the program.”

Mausoleum where Farrah Fawcett was buried

Reports have come in that the there will be a Michael Jackson Funeral at Neverland Ranch On Sunday July 5th 2009. Reports state that the body of Michael Jackson will be driven 10: 00 am in a 30 car processional Thursday.

The drive will be 90 miles into the hills . The procession will cause logistic and security problems. A Visitation will happen on Friday or Saturday.

The family was not reached for comment on these developments.

Multiple police forces will be involved in the motorcade. The Funeral Home and Funeral Director has not been revealed.

From www.dailymail.co.uk

“Michael Jackson’s body will be driven by a 30-car motorcade to to his Neverland Ranch for a public viewing later this week. A private service for family and close friends is then expected to be held this Sunday.

The public viewing is likely to be held at the Californian ranch on Friday or Saturday.It is believed the motorcade will set off from Los Angeles at around 10am on Thursday.”

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Michael Jackson Hollywood walk of fame star pic from flickr under the creative commons license sharona790’s photostream