Published on: 2nd July, 2009
An anticipated whooping attendance of nearly a million ardent Michael Jackson aficionados are set to pour in to bid a fond final exodus to the star whose mortal remains will be up in the Neverland Ranch for two days for public homage. This is set to surpass the memorial service of Elvis Presley which had a marked 75,000 supporters piling the lanes of Memphis in 1977 or the 2,50,000 attendees to Princess Diana’s service at Hyde Park in London that took place more than a decade ago.
There are conjectures that point to the Jackson kin might organise an array of instantaneous memorial services spanning all over the world to venerate both Jackson’s luminary impact but also his modest origin as the spawn of a meagre steel employee in Gary, Indiana.
Several celebs belonging to theatre and screen are said to be present to bemoan the tragic loss amongst the likes of his good friend Elizabeth Taylor, Britney Spears, Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Sir Paul McCartney, Michael’s ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley and many others. In the interim, news sources have claimed that US president Barack Obama will be present at the ceremony.
If broadcasted live, the much-anticipated occurrence could be viewed by close to 750 million audiences. Jackson kin’s legal representative Brian Oxman has envisaged it to be the prime event ever to transpire in entertainment history with the supposed count of a million feverishly ticking on.
The Neverland Ranch which stands at a current 60 million pounds worth estimate came into grabs of the affluent patron Thomas Barrack after Jackson went into compounding financial predicament and had to let go of the piece of land he held very close to his heart.
Keeping in mind the extreme fondness Jackson had to the ranch, the Jackson kin have imminent plans to translate the fancy Neverland ranch into a Graceland-like memorial place that was made for Elvis, where ardent fans globally could pay homage.
Jackson’s close friend cum ex-manager, Dr. Tohme who assisted in salvaging Neverland in 2005 emphasised on the ongoing family plans to turn the ranch into an ethereal, eternal memorial of Michael.