Estate to pay for 'extraordinary' Jackson funeral

3 Sep 2009, 6:46 am   -   Source: AFP
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The cost of Michael Jackson's funeral is not yet known, but 12 burial spaces have been bought for the pop icon. (AAP)

The cost of Michael Jackson's funeral is not yet known, but 12 burial spaces have been bought for the pop icon. (AAP)

A judge has ruled Michael Jackson's estate will foot the bill for his lavish funeral tomorrow, which will include his gold casket, and a batch of fresh ricotta doughnuts.

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Money from Michael Jackson's estate will be used to pay what were described as the "extraordinary" costs of the pop icon's funeral, a Los Angeles judge has ruled.
  
Judge Mitchell Beckloff approved a request from Jackson's mother after lawyers for administrators of the singer's estate said they were willing to pay for the send-off at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
  
Jeryll Cohen, an attorney for the administrators, John Branca and John McClain, said the costs of the service were likely to be steep.
  
"The expenses will be extraordinary, but Michael Jackson was extraordinary," Cohen said, without specifying the anticipated bill.
  
Margaret Lodise, an attorney representing the interests of Jackson's three children, said she did not object to using estate funds to pay for the funeral.
  
"It seems to me this particular expense is not going to be the straw that breaks the camel's back regarding the solvency of the estate," Lodise said.
  
Among the quirky costs associated with Jackson's funeral will be a bill for a batch of fresh ricotta doughnuts from a restaurant in Connecticut, the entertainment news website TMZ.com reported on Wednesday.
  
Jackson, who died on June 25, will be laid to rest in a sunset ceremony at Forest Lawn which will be attended by only close family and friends.
  
The 50-year-old singer is to be interred in the cemetery's Great Mausoleum, an elaborate neo-classical building inspired by Genoa's famous Campo Santo.
  
Jackson's gold-plated casket is to be placed in a private section of the mausoleum that is also home to the final resting places of famous names from Hollywood's golden age such as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and Carole Lombard.

According to reports, 12 burial spaces had been purchased for the pop icon.
 

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