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Looking ahead

Michael Jackson's private funeral cost more than $1 million, according to court documents unsealed on Tuesday.The Los Angeles Times reports that  a probate judge signed off on expenses that include $590,000 for Jackson's crypt in Glendale Forest Lawn's Great Mausoleum, $35,000 for clothes for the deceased singer, and $30,000 for a fleet of luxury cars for Jacksons' closest relatives.The florist bill was $16,000 and the funeral planner charged $15,000, the paper says.Finally, there was a "funeral repast" after the Sept. 3 service that cost $21,455 at an Italian restaurant in Pasadena."It was Michael Jackson," attorney Howard Weitzman, a lawyer for the estate executors, is quoted by the Times as saying ."He was bigger than life when he was alive."(Posted by Doug Stanglin)

The Los Angeles Times reports that  a probate judge signed off on expenses that include $590,000 for Jackson's crypt in Glendale Forest Lawn's Great Mausoleum, $35,000 for clothes for the deceased singer, and $30,000 for a fleet of luxury cars for Jacksons' closest relatives.

The florist bill was $16,000 and the funeral planner charged $15,000, the paper says.Finally, there was a "funeral repast" after the Sept. 3 service that cost $21,455 at an Italian restaurant in Pasadena."It was Michael Jackson," attorney Howard Weitzman, a lawyer for the estate executors, is quoted by the Times as saying ."He was bigger than life when he was alive."(Posted by Doug Stanglin)

"It was Michael Jackson," attorney Howard Weitzman, a lawyer for the estate executors, is quoted by the Times as saying ."He was bigger than life when he was alive."