Members of the media wait outside Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles July 5, 2009. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
LOS ANGELES - MICHAEL Jackson will be buried at a Los Angeles cemetery on Tuesday shortly before a gala tribute to the pop icon at an arena here, the city's acting mayor said.
The funeral will take place at Forest Lawn Cemetery at 8 am (11 pm Singapore time), two hours before the memorial service at the downtown Staples Center, Jan Perry told the local NBC television affiliate on Monday.
The funeral would end speculation that the family may wait to clear legal hurdles to bury the King of Pop at his Neverland Ranch, his fantasy estate north of Los Angeles that some fans wanted to turn into a memorial.
Perry, a city councilwoman, is in charge of Los Angeles as Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is on vacation in South Africa. -- AFP
