The King of Pop will be laid to rest at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills after a private family ceremony Tuesday at 8 a.m., reported the New York Daily News.
The service will take place just about two hours before the public farewell for the King of Pop at the Staples Center sports arena in downtown Los Angeles.
According to the report, Jackson's grave will be in the same cemetery where entertainers and screen stars like Bette Davis, Andy Gibb Ozzie Nelson, Freddie Prinze, Liberace - even the recently deceased David Carradine - are buried or interred.
Sources said only family and close friends will be present when the black and gold casket bearing Jackson's body arrives at Forest Lawn at 8 a.m., said Jan Perry, the acting mayor of Los Angeles.
The grand public memorial will feature Mariah Carey, Jennifer Hudson, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder and other superstars giving live performances.
Reportedly, more than 1.6 million people registered to win the coveted 17,500 free tickets to Tuesday's Staples Center memorial. Names were picked randomly and lucky fans who won the tickets scrambled to pick up the tickets and wristbands starting early Monday morning.
(CRI/Agencies July 7, 2009)
