Jackson Burial Moved to Sept. 3

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 21, 2009 8:24 PM CDT
Jackson Burial Moved to Sept. 3
Michal Jackson's children and family appear during a memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, July 7, 2009.   (AP Photo)

Michael Jackson will be buried Sept. 3, not Aug. 29 as first planned, his family announced today. No reason was given for the change in the burial date, which would have been the pop icon’s 51st birthday, People reports. Jackson, who died June 25, is to be entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif.
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