Michael Jackson’s funeral – the most viewed event in the world

Michael Jackson’s public funeral at the Los Angeles Staples Center might become the most watched ceremony of all time. Jackson memorial service must overcome some other famous events like the 1963 killing of JFK Kennedy that kept the people shocked for about three days, the moon landing of Apollo 11 mission supposed to have reached an audience of a billion or the 1997 Princess Diana funeral viewed by about 2.5 billion people according to BBC. So far, the resting place of Michael Jackson is still unknown because an official disclosure was not made yet but many sources point to either Forest Lawn Memorial at Glendale location or Hollywood Hills memorial park. The starting time of Michael Jackson's public view at Staples Center is set for 10 a.m on Tuesday (07/07/2009). Among the participants at Michael Jackson's memorial there will be a series of celebrities like Usher, Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Martin Luther King III, etc. From the side of those who will not attend the funeral can be noted Elizabeth Taylor (one of MJ best friend) and Debbie Rowe (Jackson's former wife).
The pop-star death triggered also tragic side-effects, up to now 12 fans of Michael Jackson commited suicide. Thefore the officials of MJJcommunity make appeal to Jackson's fans not to kill themselves.
The best Michael Jackson live performance was the 1992 Dangerous Tour concert held in Bucharest-Romania.
Michael Jackson burial site and time.
Michael Jackson's corpse will not be brought at the Staples Center, instead (unconfirmed yet) sources declared that the singer will be buried at one of the Forest Lawn Park locations (most likely Hollywood Hills) at 8 a.m local time (15:00 GMT), two hours before the public ceremony. The burial will be attended only by the family, therefore there is no public viewing of Michael Jackson's body. The fans can pay a last tribute to the king of pop music during the official memorial at the Staples location. In terms of Amsterdam time the MJ memorial starts at 18:30 on Dutch Televisions (Nederland 3).
Where and how to watch Jackson's funeral.
Because the memorial service represents the last stage of Michael Jackson's story, then it is expected to be the biggest event in the world to have ever happened and with the highest audience that have ever taken place. Certainly the event will be broadcast everywhere by any mean of communication.
Some ways to view video of Michael Jackson's funeral service:
- 20000 people have the unique chance to attend in person the service held at Staples Center.
- most of Jackson's fans from all over the world will be watching the live coverage either on TV or through online internet video streaming. The majority of TV stations will battle for the high audience and besides the local or national funded stations the singer memorial can be simply watched on TV Networks with global coverage like CNN, BBC, etc. Regarding the internet media, the uStream viewing applications allow iPhone users to watch Jackson's funeral in real time, the Windows based Smartphones will be allocated special channels for service viewing and the TVUPlayer will make possible to direct the live stream to mobile phones. Update Michael Jackson funeral and burial 16:30 GMT 07/07/2009


Madonna already brought a nice to tribute to Michael Jackson's memory during her Sticky & Sweet concert held in London at O2 Arena on July 4th 2009 (See video Madonna's tribute)