[For those who missed it, the memorial service can be watched on Youtube..]
A handout photo shows programs placed on seats before Michael Jackson's Public Memorial Service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles July 7, 2009. Michael Jackson's family and close friends held a private service at a Los Angeles cemetery on Tuesday as fans crowded into the city's downtown area for a star-packed public memorial to the "King of Pop."
Michael Jackson's casket is carried into the Staples Center during his public memorial service in Los Angeles July 7, 2009. A Gospel choir singing "We're going to see the king" launched an emotional public memorial for Michael Jackson on Tuesday as the music world and thousands of fans bade farewell to the singer known as the "King of Pop."The tribute to the late singer ended after his family took to the stage to address the assembled crowd at Los Angeles' Staples Center, with his 11-year-old daughter, Paris, speaking about how much she loved her father.
Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris Michael Katherine, becomes emotional & cries as she speaks at her father's memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, July 7, 2009.
Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris Jackson, center, is hugged onstage by the Jackson family after speaking at the memorial service for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Tuesday, July 7, 2009.
Michael Jackson's 3 kids finally unveiled after decades..Michael Jackson's daughter Paris Jackson (L) and two sons Prince Michael Jackson II (also known as Blanket) and Prince Michael Jackson I (R) wave at the end of a memorial service for their father music legend Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, July 7, 2009.
The two-and-a-half hour service - which featured a mix of performances, tributes and recollections from those who knew the pop icon - was dominated by the presence of the star's coffin in the centre of the stage, reportedly due to Michael's parents Joe and Katherine Jackson's wish to have an occasion similar to the funeral of the late Princess Diana, who was killed in a car crash in 1997.
Michael Jackson's casket is displayed at the Jackson public memorial service held at Staples Center on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 in Los Angeles.
The Jackson brothers carry Michael Jackson's casket out after the memorial service for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, July 7, 2009.Prior to the memorial service - which was watched by billions on TV and the internet around the world - 100 of the singer's close friends and family had gathered at the Hall of Liberty in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park for a private funeral service.
The Jackson family of siblings.. This photo provided by the MJ Memorial shows, (from left to right), Rebbie Jackson, La Toya Jackson, Janet Jackson, Randy Jackson, Tito Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Jackie Jackson and Jermaine Jackson at Michael Jackson's public memorial service held at Staples Center on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 in Los Angeles.The 18-car motorcade accompanying the coffin from Joe and Katherine's house to the cemetery was given a police escort and forced major Los Angeles roads to shut.
Police roadblocks around the resting place prevented fans from approaching the private service.
R.I.P. Michael..
You will always be remembered as the awesomely, impressively, amazingly talented King of Pop forever..
No one could ever take your place ever since you made it into the entertainment scene in 1970 till this very day..
We will always love you & miss you..
Your music & legacy lives on..
