We've learned there will be a special guest singing at Michael Jackson's burial tomorrow night: Gladys Knight.
Knight's rep confirmed the singer -- who knew Michael when he was little and once shared the same manager with him -- will perform at tomorrow's service.
The service will take place at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, CA.
1. What, no Pips?
Posted at 7:59PM on Sep 2nd 2009 by Max
2. LOL FIRST!!
Posted at 7:58PM on Sep 2nd 2009 by FRIEND
3. Contrary to popular belief it was Gladys Knight who discovered the Jackson 5 not Diana Ross.
Posted at 10:47AM on Sep 5th 2009 by FACINGREALITY
4. This is finally hitting me like a brick. He is really gone and tomorrow is his final curtain.
Oh Michael, Why did you go? You were such a wonderful and giving person. We still need you here...
Posted at 8:01PM on Sep 2nd 2009 by marieant0811
5. we love you michael jackson
Posted at 8:05PM on Sep 2nd 2009 by phonchrist
6. Oh well
Posted at 8:03PM on Sep 2nd 2009 by insane
7. Ju$t put the poor guy in the ground already!!!! No performance$, no camera$, no re$$$$ale value to the media. Ju$t, for once, have $ome grace, cla$$ and dignity and bury the man. Michael Jackson'$ death look$ like the best thing to happen to this family in thirty year$. it $ounds terrible, but are they doing anything to prove the $tatement wrong?
Posted at 8:06PM on Sep 2nd 2009 by Living in the real world
8. Another funeral? They should do something low key with just the family...
Posted at 8:05PM on Sep 2nd 2009 by stephanie
9. Yikes!
Posted at 8:05PM on Sep 2nd 2009 by mrez golucky
10. Another media circus is in the works...
*a big under enthusiastic yay*
Posted at 8:06PM on Sep 2nd 2009 by bbtaxpayer
11. Yikes!
Posted at 8:07PM on Sep 2nd 2009 by mrez golucky
12. I feel that way too ...
Gladys Knight is very appropriate and she was the Motown star that really discovered the J5
I bet she does a great job with that soulful voice of hers...
wish I could be there, too, to say goodbye, but that really is going to be sad ...
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3. This is finally hitting me like a brick. He is really gone and tomorrow is his final curtain.
Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2009/09/02/gladys-knight-to-sing-at-michaels-funeral/#comments#ixzz0PztKUPHd
Posted at 8:08PM on Sep 2nd 2009 by kidsfirst
13.
What's the difference between Neil Armstrong and Michael Jackson? One did the moonwalk, the other's dead.
Posted at 8:08PM on Sep 2nd 2009 by OhWell
14. Jackson’s Burial: What Michael Would’ve Wanted
Katie Bain
Hollywood.com Staff
More than two months after his death, Michael Jackson is, fingers
crossed, finally being laid to rest at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los
Angeles on September 3. As with his life, the King of Pop's death has
been a chaotic, somewhat strange (Diana Ross as potential guardian of
his children, really?), immensely grandiose affair watched with rapt
attention by the entire world. It makes sense, then, for his funeral
— essentially his last performance — to be just as spectacularly
memorable.
In that spirit, we present 15 things we imagine Michael might have
wanted for his very exclusive final engagement.
1. For everyone in attendance to be sprayed with a light mist of
White Diamonds on their way in, so they all smell like Michael's bff
Elizabeth Taylor.
2. For Janet to flash the same radiant smile that she did in the
"Love Will Never Do Without You" video. MJ's little sister has been
looking real down. If necessary, shirtless video cohort Antonio
Sabato Jr. can be brought in to facilitate, as he's not doing much
these days.
3. For MJ's musical rival Prince to show up unexpectedly, sob
uncontrollably, confess that he always believed MJ to be the more
talented icon, and gush that he found ""Man in the Mirror"" truly
inspiring.
4. For LaToya to read the passage from the Guinness Book of World
Records that lists Thriller as the biggest selling album of all time.
Michael revealed that setting this record and getting in the book was
one of the happiest times in his life.
5. For Debbie Rowe, Arnold Klein, Conrad Murray, the LAPD and all
bankers, lawyers, pharmacists and other Jackson saga outliers to
shake hands, sing a few verses of "We are the World" and move on with
their lives.
6. For Bubbles the Chimp, exiled from Neverland Ranch in 2003, to be
flown in especially for the event. Seat him next to Tito.
7. For his three children to be able to attend, sans feathered masks,
without getting their pictures taken by paparazzi. And for them to be
seated as far, far away from their evil mastermind of a grandfather,
Joe Jackson.
8. To be buried with dirt flown in from countries around the world,
symbolizing the many far reaches of Earth that his music touched.
9. For attendees to avoid any zombie-related ""Thriller"" jokes, no
matter how tempting. Doing the dance: also not okay.
10. To be buried in his trademark fedora, sparkly cardigan, white
socks and sequined glove. MJ has to look fresh when he moonwalks
through the pearly gates.
11. To be buried with one of his 13 Grammys, preferably the award
Thriller won in 1984 for Album of the Year. At its peak, the album
sold one million copies worldwide per week.
12. For all of his brothers to shun their suitcoats and instead wear
red leather Thriller jacket replicas in homage. And for the burial
not to be taped for Jermaine, Jackie, Marion, Randy and Tito's
forthcoming reality series.
13. All other attendees should wear this t-shirt:
14. For Macaulay Culkin to read the rap he lip-synched in Michael's
""Black or White"" video. ""I'm not gonna spend my life being a
color."" is a sentiment MJ truly lived his multi-toned life by.
15. For his headstone to read ""Artist of the Millennium."" Jackson
mistakenly thought he was accepting this award from Britney Spears at
MTV's Video Music Awards in 2002, when in fact she was just wishing
him a happy birthday. An awkward acceptance speech ensued, and the
crowd gave Michael a standing ovation nonetheless.
If Jackson was able to rouse the crowd to their feet by accepting an
award he hadn't even won, he's probably deserves the title he thought
he had nabbed. After the legacy MJ created in his lifetime and the
extended performance of his death, it's hard to imagine anyone else
coming along in the next 1,000 years to top him.
Posted at 7:42PM on Sep 2nd 2009 by insane
Posted at 8:07PM on Sep 2nd 2009 by insane
15. I attended her concert in the Oakland Temple a year ago. I enjoyed her performance very much. Thank you for singing at Michael Jackson's burial tomorrow night.
Posted at 8:10PM on Sep 2nd 2009 by June
