(3 Sep 2009) SHOTLIST
AP Television
Los Angeles California September 3 2009
1. Wide of gates to Forest Lawn cemetery
2. Mid of Glendale Mayor Frank Quintero being interviewed
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Frank Quintero, Glendale Mayor:
"Well it's been fairly smooth quite frankly, the Forest Lawn Corporation contacted us, told us that Michael Jackson would be buried here in the city and preparations began almost immediately with the police and other services to ensure that we had a smooth burial service and I believe we will have. I think you are in agreement that so far everything has been working very well, I think it will continue to go that way throughout the rest of the day."
4. Wide of fountain inside seen through Forest Lawn fence
5. Mid of fountain
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Frank Quintero, Glendale Mayor:
"Well the superior court judge handling the estate released money to the Forest Lawn Corporation, which in turn paid us and so the City of Glendale received a cheque for 120 thousand (US) dollars and whether we use the full amount or not remains to be seen and so there hasn't been any issue in terms of any cost to the City of Glendale and its residents."
7. Push in to long line of media set up outside Forest Lawn's gates
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Frank Quintero, Glendale Mayor:
"It should be fairly smooth I think. I don't think this is going to be the same event that took place at Staples centre, I think this is strictly for the family and his close friends and I believe it will go off quite easily."
9. Group of photographers and police officer walk past camera
STORYLINE
PREPARATIONS FOR PRIVATE JACKSON FUNERAL UNDERWAY
One month after a lavish public memorial for Michael Jackson, the pop singer's family prepared to inter him privately on Thursday in a mausoleum filled with legendary entertainers.
On Wednesday, a judge said Jackson's estate will bear the funeral costs, which were characterised by an attorney as "extraordinary."
It was disclosed in court that 12 burial spaces were being purchased at Forest Lawn in Glendale, about eight miles (13 kilometres) north of downtown Los Angeles, but no details were offered on how they would be used.
The Jackson estate also released cash for the City of Glendale.
"The City of Glendale received a cheque for 120 thousand (US) dollars and whether we use the full amount or not remains to be seen and so there hasn't been any issue in terms of any cost to the City of Glendale and its residents," Mayor Frank Quintero explained on Thursday.
Jackson will rest in the cemetery's Great Mausoleum with Hollywood stars including Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields.
Mayor Quintero said the event is expected to go smoothly.
"I don't think this is going to be the same event that took place at Staples centre, I think this is strictly for the family and his close friends and I believe it will go off quite easily," he said.
The world's media lined up in front of the cemetery's large gates in the hours before the event was due to take place.
Jackson's funeral won't end the legal drama over his drug-induced death at age 50, which authorities have labelled a homicide.
No criminal charges have been filed over his June 25 death, which came on the cusp of London concerts meant to restore Jackson to his once-incandescent stardom.
Last week, coroner's officials said they believed Jackson's death was homicide, and his death certificate has been amended to reflect that.
It cites "injection by another" as the fatal injury.
Investigators have said a mix of the powerful anaesthetic propofol and another sedative killed the pop singer.
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