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The whole world is tuning in to watch the Michael Jackson memorial service. You can watch a live stream of the star studded funeral  online. Michael Jackson’s friends Elizabeth Taylor and Quincy Jones will not attend the funeral because they chose to mourn the pop legend in private.

Dame Elizabeth Taylor has dismissed Michael Jackson’s memorial service as “public whoopla” on Twitter, saying she would not be attending because “I love him too much”. The Oscar-winning actress, a long-term friend of Jackson’s, wrote: “I said I wouldn’t go to the Staples Centre and I certainly don’t want to become a part of it. I love him too much.

“I just don’t believe that Michael would want me to share my grief with millions of others. How I feel is between us. Not a public event. And I cannot guarantee that I would be coherent to say a word.

Revealing how she had been asked to speak at the service, she added: “I cannot be part of the public whoopla.”

Speaking of her sadness, she sent her love to Jackson’s family, saying: “My love goes out to Katherine and Michael’s beloved children.”[source]

We love you Michael and miss you the world will never be the same without you.  We will cherish your music and memory forever. Rest in peace.

Michael Jackson’s memorial service in Los Angeles at the Staples Centre will provide a public farewell for the King of Pop, with performances from Stevie Wonder and Mariah Carey and appearances by Martin Luther King, Jr’s children and Brooke Shields. The service follows a private funeral to be held for friends and family at the Forest Lawn cemetery.

09.13 LA (17.13 GMT): Jackson’s family are seen hugging outside the cemetery. “It’s surreal” says Anderson Cooper of CNN.

09.08 LA (17.08 GMT): Fans entering the Staples Centre are paying tribute to Jackson by dressing as characters from his greatest hits. RT@writerchica reports on Twitter that two ‘Billie Jean’-style fans had been spotted, along with one dressed as MJ in ‘Beat it’.

09.04 LA (17.04 GMT): In a sign of the King of Pop’s influence around the world, many European broadcasters are clearing their schedules tonight to broadcast the memorial, according to a report in Variety .

09.04 Los Angeles (17.04 GMT): With a huge police presence, crowd control and circling helicopters above the Staples Centre, fans are very slowly and somberly entering the arena.

09.02 Los Angeles (17.02 GMT): Michael Jackson’s casket will be driven from Forest Lawn to the Staples Centre. “It wouldn’t be fair for the fans who are going to appear and be here at the Staples Centre not to see his casket,” Teddy Riley, a singer who worked closely with Jackson on several albums, told CNN .

09.00 Los Angeles (17.00 GMT): Jackson’s gold casket is wheeled out of the Forest Lawn funeral home and loaded into a hearse. It appears that the casket will be brought to the memorial serivce. [source]

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