Michael Jackson will be buried on his birthday, August 29, as stated in a press release from Sunshine, Sachs & Associates on behalf of the Jackson family. The burial will take place at 10 a.m. PST in the Great Mausoleum’s Holly Terrace at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. It will be a private ceremony to be attended by family and close friends. Media will be allowed nearby the park.

The Forest Lawn Memorial Park has 300 acres of immaculately landscaped grounds and around 250,000 people are buried there, including numerous celebrities like James Stewart, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Humphrey Bogart, Jean Harlow and Walt Disney.  Also more than 60,000 people have also been married there such as Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman. It is a popular tourist attraction which draws around 1 million visitors per year.

The Holly Terrace in the Great Mausoleum, where Michael Jackson will be interred, features a replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s stained glass Last Supper and all the major art works of Michelangelo.  A  regal final resting place fitting for the  “king of pop“.

The Jackson family stated in the news release , they once again wish  to express their “gratitude to Michael’s fans around the world for their support during these difficult times.”

On the day that Michael Jackson will be buried would have been his 51st birthday.

Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009 after going into cardiac arrest. He was 50 years old. Although his personal physican, paramedics and doctors at the hospital tried in vain to save him, they weren’t able to.  The unexpected death left the whole world in shock and there has been an array of unanswered questions. The Los Angeles coroner at this time hasn’t completed tests to pinpoint the exact cause of his death.

Michael Jackson was in the prime of his life about to commence a comeback tour in London starting July 13 with already sold-out concerts.  Had he lived, this may have generated into a world tour, a release of a new album and taken his music career to a new height.

A Michael Jackson Memorial was organized by his family and his concert promoter AEG as a public tribute for his fans around the world to share. It took place on July 7, 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, with around 18,000 people attending, broadcasted live on television and over the internet to millions.  The memorial showed how Michael Jackson touched people’s life through his music and humanitarianism.

Michael Jackson changed pop music and will be remembered as one of the greatest entertainers in history. Although gone too soon, his legacy will live on.