The King of Pop will be buried on what would have been his 51stbirthday, a spokesman for Michael Jackson 's family said Tuesday.
Jackson will be buried at a private ceremony at Forest Lawn-Glendale on Aug. 29, spokesman Ken Sunshine said in a statement.Guests will be limited to family and close friends, Sunshine said.
'The Jackson family once again wishes to express its gratitude toMichael's fans around the world for their support during thesedifficult times,' the statement said.
Details about the ceremony and the whereabouts of Jackson's bodyhave been tightly guarded. The announcement came a day after the NewYork Daily News reported comments by Jackson's father, Joe Jackson ,that his son would be buried on what would have been his birthday.
Sunshine said Jackson will be buried on the Holly Terrace at thecemetery's Great Mausoleum.
South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she feels sorry forher husband's Argentine lover and believes the philanderinggovernor's affair is almost like an addiction to alcohol orpornography.
The 47-year-old first lady told Vogue magazine she concentrateson forgiveness because she doesn't want to become angry or bitter.She said reconciling will be hard, following Gov. Mark Sanford 'sadmission of the affair .
The governor disappeared for nearly a week in late June to seehis lover, Maria Belen Chapur . He left his staff, his wife and therest of the state in the dark about his whereabouts. Initially, hisoffice told reporters Sanford was hiking on the Appalachian Trail.
'Now I think it's up to my husband to do the soul-searching tosee if he wants to stay married ,' Jenny Sanford said in thismonth's issue of Vogue.
The July 9 interview at the Sanfords' Sullivans Island home wasbefore the couple took a weeklong vacation to work on theirmarriage, and before the family's two-week vacation to Europe. OnAug. 7, two days after their return from Europe, Jenny Sanford movedout of the governor's residence with their four sons.
The University of Pittsburgh says it won't accept an estimated$225,000 bequest from the gunman who committed suicide after killingthree women and wounding nine others at a Pittsburgh-area healthclub.
Court papers of the intended estate gift were filed Friday by thebrother and executor for 48-year-old George Sodini . Universityspokesman Robert Hill rejected the offer on Tuesday.
Two women injured in the Aug. 4 shooting an L.A. Fitness clubintend to sue Sodini's estate. Lisa Marie Fleeher and AshleyFerragonio filed notices Tuesday in Allegheny County court.
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Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin is taking a trip to the Emmys.The TV academy said Tuesday that Aldrin, part of the 1969 moonmission, will accept the Philo T. Farnsworth Award on behalf of NASAat the Emmy engineering awards on Saturday. The honor, named for TVinventor Farnsworth, recognizes an agency, company or institutionwhose contributions affected the state of TV technology andengineering. NASA is receiving the award for innovations thatallowed the Apollo crew's live TV broadcast from the moon. The mainEmmy Awards ceremony airs Sept. 20 on CBS. ... The attorney for a 53-year-old Georgia man charged with attempting to stalk Miley Cyrussays his client is 'a human being' who might need help. AttorneyJames Byrne told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Mark McLeodhas been dealing with the deaths of his mother and brother in thepast year and a half, as well as losing his job as an assistantplumber. McLeod appeared briefly Tuesday in Tybee Island, Ga.,before a judge, who postponed a preliminary hearing on the caseuntil next week. Police say McLeod twice came to Tybee Island tryingto find Cyrus, and told a police officer he was secretly engaged tomarry her. McLeod remains jailed on $55,200 bond.
