Reverend Al Tweets About Michael Jackson's Burial

Yesterday, music legend Michael Jackson was buried at Forest-Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, ten weeks after his death. While the attendees were limited to two hundred family members and friends (including ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley, Corey Feldman, Macaulay Culkin, Barry Bonds, and Chris Tucker), the Reverend Al Sharpton kept his Twitter followers appraised of the services, Tweeting, "I am sitting at the burial services of michael jackson. I am talking to actress lisaraye mc coy who was at NAN when MJ came and tom mesereau," "What MJ went through was so unfair, yet he succeeded. In the end, he was the biggest artist ever. He faced the headwinds but he made it," "I just spoke at the conclusion of tributes. Gladys knight sang her heart out. Now we prepare to lay him top rest," and "MICHAEL JACKSON HAS BEENb LAID TO REST." Sharpton has defended Jackson's reputation and was at the Brooklyn MJ celebration last weekend.

The LA Times reported, "Jackson's children placed a crown on their father's coffin -- a nod to his moniker, the King of Pop... Shortly before 10 p.m., with his brothers acting as pallbearers, Jackson's casket was carried into the Holly Terrace for the crypt-side finale. The Holly Terrace is one of 11 halls in the Great Mausoleum, Forest Lawn's vast granite- and marble-filled palazzo that serves as the star-studded resting place of Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and other screen legends. The Holly Terrace is dominated at one end by an expansive stained-glass window. In keeping with Jackson's taste for the rococo, the cemetery in general is an expanse of elaborate statuary and architecture."

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By Jen Chung in News on September 4, 2009 11:35 AM

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mellow_fellow

Memo to Gothamist: Reverend Al refers to Al Green, not Al Sharpton. KTHXBAI

Powerhugs

When is the MJ story going to end already?

ed_Extinct

michael jackson is alive:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9b8_1251194026

Wza

This funeral was no thriller, i'll tell you what...

NannyState

Just beat it, don't tweet it.

ides_of_march

Looks like a Nation of Islam rally.

That cadaver must be stinking to high heaven by now.

NannyState

Yeah, it smells like fresh vinyl.

Trilby16

Why are the brothers all wearing sunglasses? It's night-time, no? They look like thugs.

Potty Boy

MJ had the look. Are they trying to mimic it? like with the gloves?

NannyState

They've got that whole 'Tonton Macoute at Papa Doc Duvalier's funeral' thing goin' on...

T

Because they're crying at their brothers funeral, jerk.

PTG in nyc

Except when it's sunny, like a funeral I was unfortunately at 3 weeks ago, people tend to cry without covering their eyes.

I'd love to tweet from the public beating of Al Sharpton

PKinNYC

jjst get his ass in the ground already....

MT

Tweeting at a funeral? You stay classy, Al.

Mookie Wilson

Corey Feldman?

He wouldn't even be invited to Corey Haim's funeral these days.

mattyp4

Well, as weird as you may think it is, Corey Feldman & Michael Jackson were close friends from the 80's. So why wouldn't he be at the burial? Friendships, believe it or not, usually outlast showbiz careers.

(And Feldman would TOTES be invited to Haim's funeral!! Are you kidding?! Haven't you watched "The Two Coreys?!")

JenChungsBaby

It's about time they put that body where it belongs. MJ must look like Mao by now.

mattyp4

Macauley & Mila have been dating for years.

What's up with Tweeting during a burial though?! TACKY! God, I hate Twitter.

r1b2

Macauley Culkin and Mila Kunis? WTF?

tnturner

Marlon?

matty

lol@mculley culkin. man, i forgot all about that.

silver

Al Sharpton crying over a white man's death.....

Mr Mel

Make that white woman.

PTG in nyc

If this is a funeral, then why are all of his brothers dressed like groomsmen?

Reverend Al, please stop being the self-appointed spokesperson for everyone and everything.