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Source: Reuters
Not many people know what to expect at tomorrow's memorial service honoring the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson.
A red carpet guest list of celebrities from Diana Ross to Elizabeth Taylor will be there along with 8,750 fans selected from a lottery pool of more than 1.6 million entrants.
Cable news networks are preparing wall to wall coverage of the service, which some fear will lack the dignity Jackson deserves and instead resemble the bizarre circus of media attention and outlandish distractions that came to represent the last years of Michael Jackson's life.
Thousands are expected to line to the streets. A global media presence will be out in full force. Some protests are even planned. The LAPD have riot gear at the ready.
Without question, the memorial service has everyone talking. And it's also bound to have everyone watching.
But the matriarch of the Jackson family is reportedly "determined the occasion will not become an opportunistic spectacle."
Unlike many who have tried to exploit Jackson's fame over the years, those closest to the family hope that Michael's funeral will be as dignified and classy as the man was himself - a fact that was frequently obscured by the distractions born of his own immense stardom.
Michael Jackson's memorial service will be covered all day Tuesday, July 7th by my former colleagues at E! Entertainment Television. The cable network also announced simultaneous coverage at E! Online.
According to E!, coverage begins at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT.
CNN and MSNBC have also announced day-long coverage of Tuesday's service.
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