By Dean Goodman, Reuters
Michael Jackson’s funeral began more than an hour behind schedule near Los Angeles on Thursday night, 70 days after the pop star died of a drug overdose.
Mr. Jackson’s family and friends drove to Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, Calif., in a procession of more than 30 limousines and cars, some waving to a crowd of hundreds of fans and onlookers. A few minutes later, a hearse arrived, accompanied by four police officers on motorcycles.
The ceremony, which was supposed to begin at 7 p.m. PDT, was expected to run for about an hour, said a spokesman for the Glendale Police Department. A tight security operation kept fans, reporters and even aircraft well away from the cemetery, where Mr. Jackson will be buried in the stellar company of such Hollywood icons as Walt Disney and Humphrey Bogart.
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