Where exactly has Michael Jackson been buried? No one seems to know
Where exactly has Michael Jackson been buried? No one seems to knowElvis Presley. Marilyn Monroe. Jim Morrison.Their graves are public shrines for fans and followers.
Countless people from all over the world make pilgrimages to their burial sites, hoping to draw close to those they adored from afar.
Now Michael Jackson's grave site will become the next holy grail.
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Last Seen Here: The Jackson brothers Randy, Marlon, Tito, Jermaine and Jackie carry the casket, after the memorial services for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday. |
A private gathering for the pop icon was held on Tuesday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in California.
Afterward, his casket was taken to the public memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. But it remains unclear whether his body has been interred or where.
Ninety minutes after the service ended, the Forest Lawn cemetery was reopened to the public, with no sign of Jacko's hearse going inside.
Meanwhile, the family's motorcade headed for the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Los Angeles, but the hearse was not in it.
It was rumoured the family wanted to keep his resting place a secret.
A Los Angeles Police Department official said that the force hoped Jackson would be buried outside of its jurisdiction, for fear officers might be assigned to protect the grave for months.
There has been some speculation that Jackson's body will eventually be moved to Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara County, California.
But that would require the family to obtain zoning exemptions and settle legal disputes, which could take years. Jackson retained only a small share of ownership in the ranch.
If a public memorial were created at Neverland or anywhere it might easily surpass the tombs of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley as the most-visited gravesite.
"If it gets moved somewhere more public, I think a lot of people will come visit," said Steve Goldstein, author of LA's Gravesite Companion: Where the VIP's RIP.
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Tombstone tourismFame follows celebrities in life and in death. At Elvis Presley's Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, guests visiting the grave can stay at the retro Heartbreak Hotel and visit the museum to learn more about the King of Rock 'n' Roll.
Westwood Memorial Park and Cemetery in Los Angeles houses Hollywood notables including sex symbol Marilyn Monroe.
The most recent celebrity to be buried there is actress Farrah Fawcett, who died of cancer last month.
Famous Celebrity GravesMarilyn Monroe, Pierce Brothers Westwood Cemetery, LA.
Jim Morrison, Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise, Paris.
Elvis Presley, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee.
Bruce Lee, Lake View Cemetery, Seattle.
Jimi Hendrix, Greenwood Memorial Park, Seattle
Mark Twain, Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, New York.
Johnny Cash, Hendersonville Memorial Gardens, Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, DC.
