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Posted Sep 2nd 2009 7:10AM by TMZ Staff
DJ AM's family is asking his fans to not spend their precious cash on flowers -- and instead donate to a couple of charities that were dear to the DJ's heart.
AM's family went to his MySpace page to issue the following statement:
"We appreciate the kind words and support for Adam over the past few days. Due to your inquiries, in lieu of flowers, AM's family would like to suggest making donations to the following charitable organizations: National MS Society, Southern California Chapter ... or Friendly House"
A rep for Friendly House -- an organization dedicated to helping women recover from alcohol and drug abuse -- told us AM "was a supporter of Friendly House and would show up at our luncheons. I am kind of glad we were even mentioned at this awful time."
Filed under: DJ AM
Tags: death, dj am, DjAm, donations, family, floweres, request, statement
Posted Jul 8th 2009 7:11PM by TMZ Staff
The city of Los Angeles has only received $17,000 of the $1.4 million it cost to put on Michael Jackson's memorial -- but it's not because MJ fans are cheap ... it's because of the complete failure of the official donation website.
The press release from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says, "The city's Information Technology Agency could not handle the high volume of traffic or adequately respond to receive contributions for several hours Tuesday afternoon ... for at least 12 consecutive hours Tuesday evening ... and periodically throughout Wednesday morning."
So Villaraigosa is begging MJ fans to go back to the website and cough up a donation -- but please, not all at once.
Filed under: Michael Jackson
Tags: 1.4 million, 1.4Million, donations, los angeles, LosAngeles, memorial, michael jackson, MichaelJackson
