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NEWS ABOUT: Forest Lawn cemetery

Forest Lawn cemetery stories: 5 news summaries

 Jacko Crypt 
 Drives Up 
 Plot Prices 

New addition to the neighborhood sending Forest Lawn prices skywards

Sep 8, 09 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson has sent property prices soaring for the graves surrounding his final resting place, a sales rep at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale tells TMZ. The cemetery has hiked the price of plots near the late singer's tomb as much as $3,000 from the usual $7,000 since ... More »

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mausoleum • Michael Jackson • cemetery • celebrity death • Forest Lawn cemetery

 Jackson Laid to Rest 

Elizabeth Taylor, ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley among invitees

Sep 3, 09 10:55 PM CDT
(AP) - Paris Jackson wept as she stepped into the Forest Lawn mausoleum where her father, Michael, was to be entombed. Katherine Jackson, overcome by sorrow, turned back when she was faced with her son's final resting place. On a sultry evening, amid a sea of white flowers and with a bejeweled... More »

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entertainment • Al Sharpton • Los Angeles • homicide • Chris Tucker • funeral • Michael Jackson • Elizabeth Taylor • burial • motorcade • coroner • Macaulay Culkin • Katherine Jackson • Joe Jackson • Prince Michael Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson • celebrity death • Forest Lawn cemetery • Corey Feldman

(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... More »

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entertainment • Michael Jackson • burial • Forest Lawn cemetery

Jackson's Body Will Head to Celeb-Stacked LA Mausoleum

Final funeral will be family, friends only

Aug 19, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson will be entombed in a Los Angeles-area mausoleum that’s the final Neverland of many other celebrities, the New York Post reports. The Holly Terrace section of the Great Mausoleum is reputedly the most secure section of Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. The same chamber hosts the... More »

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mausoleum • funeral • Michael Jackson • Clark Gable • burial site • Glendale • celebrity death • Forest Lawn cemetery

JACKSON ROUNDUP

 Questions Linger 
 in Wake of Memorial 

How much it will cost? Where is his body? And what caused his death?

Jul 8, 09 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fans are donating to the city of Los Angeles in an effort to defray the cost of Michael Jackson’s memorial, E! reports. The final total is still in the works, and some famous friends and corporate sponsors are rumored to have donated generously. More from the aftermath:
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