Finally Michael Jackson has been laid to rest. His funeral located at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial park was a really calm and peaceful event unlike his other memorials where chaos filled the area by loyal and loving fans and the media. He was buried in a crypt in an area called Holly Terrace.

Along with the funeral, there was a 26 vehicle motorcade that arrived at 8:30 am. At least 3 dozen, sign carrying fans, cheered as the 26 vehicles passed by the area leading to the memorial park while the background noise was filled with music by Michael Jackson.

The sad part of this, other than the pop stars untimely death, was the people that were close to Jackson and worked with him on a day to day basis, were not really known by the family and had to remain outside of the memorial gates and was not allowed to go in. One of those was one of Michael’s close friend, Wan Ali, who was at one time, Michael’s fashion designer. He worked for 3 days to create a suit just for this occasion, but had to stand on the streets to pay his respect to his friend.

Police were enforcing strict security in the area, as always. They warned the public, fans and media to stay far away from the cemetery fence. While the funeral was in session, 3 fans were arrested for trying to climb over a building to get into the cemetery grounds. The police caught the three suspects and the rest of the funeral went peacefully. Police also had to remove one fan with a camera that was inside and they had to remove a radio reporter that was inside and later moved outside to interview fans along the fence of the cemetary.

The family of Michael Jackson closed the funeral from allowing media to enter at the last minute. The family decided to use a private photographer and videographer to capture footage from inside the cemetery. There were over 400 media passes handed out to different media outlets.

Many people have often questioned Michael’s relegious belief. The funeral service was Christian and not Muslim as some people may have believed. He was buried wearing his white glove, gold belt, pearl beads and his trademark sunglasses.
After the funeral, processions were moved to the Staples Center for a public memorial at about 10 am that morning.
One of the most saddening parts of the funeral was that the ushers all wore one white glove while the funeral was taking place outside on the cemetery grounds.