:Jackson on stage one last time
:Michael Jackson's coffin is to be exhibited at Los Angeles' Staples Centre during the singer's memorial, police said.
- The addition of the body adds to the spectacle currently gripping central Los Angeles.
Police blocked off roads and warned those without tickets to stay away because they wouldn't be able to get close to the centre. - More than 1.6 million people registered for free tickets to the King of Pop's memorial, and 8,750 were chosen to receive two tickets each.
- Among the memorial participants will be Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Usher, Lionel Richie, Jennifer Hudson, John Mayer and Martin Luther King III.
- About 50 cinemas across America were planning to broadcast the memorial live, for free, and fans all over the world will celebrate with a variety of events.
- Earlier today roads were closed and media massed at Forest Lawn Cemetery in LA, where relatives were expected to hold a private funeral.
- The night before, activity had been spotted there involving the Jackson family. La Toya Jackson was seen being driven away from the cemetery. Helicopter footage showed a hearse backing up to the Hall of Liberty - a circular building at the cemetery that contains a 1,200-seat auditorium - to deliver a coffin. A few hours later, the coffin was reloaded into the hearse and delivered to another nearby building.
- Meanwhile, Jesse Jackson has spoken of how the Jacksons are coping.
- The civil rights leader said: "They are doing amazingly well. It is a big family, they are leaning on each other. They are a strongly religious family and they are going to have a proper religious ceremony today at the grave site in Forest Lawn. They have lost a lot, but they have a lot left in each other."
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