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Jackson Burial Moved to Sept. 3

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 21, 2009 8:24 PM CDT

(Newser) – Michael Jackson will be buried Sept. 3, not Aug. 29 as first planned, his family announced today. No reason was given for the change in the burial date, which would have been the pop icon’s 51st birthday, People reports. Jackson, who died June 25, is to be entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif.

Michal Jackson's children and family appear during a memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, July 7, 2009. (AP Photo)

Michael Jackson is seen in a 2005 photo. (AP Photo)

Michael Jackson will be buried Sept. 3 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif. (AP Photo)

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fuguestate

Aug 23, 2009 6:26 AM CDT

Where DO you stash a corpse for months on end? A freezer in the garage? Some special mini-storage I don't know about? I thought that's what cemeteries were for.

gabo

Aug 22, 2009 3:04 AM CDT

What the hell is the family waiting for? Are they trying to give him ample time for a resurrection? The sooner the Jackson family realizes that their meal ticket has left the building, the better off they will be.

brawne

Aug 22, 2009 1:59 AM CDT

The only thing that Sarah Palin ever said that rings true to a non-wolf shooting, pro-life give my kid a condom was an article in Esquire where she said that she couldn't imagine getting out of bed if she lost a child. That's sorta huge for people who haven't lost one to say. To still be dealing with funerals at this stage is like ripping all the stitches out of a barely healing wound. Never-healing. God. Agony.

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