Private Jackson service precedes public memorial

Jul 7th, 2009 | LOS ANGELES -- A private ceremony for Michael Jackson got under way Tuesday morning at a cemetery in the Hollywood Hills, while fans began swarming the Staples Center in downtown in anticipation of a global spectacle.

A motorcade left the home of Jackson's parents shortly after 8 a.m., and authorities shut down parts of two major Los Angeles arteries as it passed on its way to Forest Lawn Memorial Park Hollywood Hills cemetery.

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