The build-up to the event promised to make it one of the biggest spectacles ever televised-but seeing Michael's brothers push his 24-karat gold casket down the aisle as a choir sang the gospel hymn "Soon and Very Soon" sent a message that the memorial would be treated as an intimate funeral even though there were some 20,000 in attendance.
Family, friends, and fans memorialized Michael Jackson in a two-hour ceremony held at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, officially settling any debate over whether he was truly the King of Pop. Despite the star-studded roster of speakers such as sister Janet, Mariah Carey, Usher, Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, Jennifer Hudson, Magic Johnson, Brooke Shields, Smokey Robinson, Queen Latifah, and Kobe Bryant, the tribute never came off as artificial. Instead, it was an often-touchingly sincere celebration of life.
Viewers were drawn with emotion when Jermaine Jackson took to the stage to perform his brother's favorite song, "Smile." The elder Jackson wept as he struggled through the song originally recorded by Charlie Chaplin.
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