:A fan leaves a note on a Michael Jackson memorial outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
- LOS ANGELES, California -- The Michael Jackson memorial service at the Staples Center on Tuesday will be a star-studded affair, with singers Mariah Carey, Usher and Stevie Wonder among the participants, according to an announcement released on behalf of the Jackson family.
- Also participating in the event will be basketball stars Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson, and singers Jennifer Hudson, John Mayer and Smokey Robinson, the family said.
- The Rev. Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III will be among others taking part.
- Ken Ehrlich, known for producing the Grammy Awards, is producing the memorial show, his company said. And Kenny Ortega, who was to have co-directed Jackson's series of concerts in London this summer, will direct it.
- Fans without tickets to the memorial are being asked to stay away from downtown Los Angeles and watch the service on television.
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