THE CEREMONY

Music, poems, show emotion and the last tribute to Michael Jackson
All stood when the body of Jackson, accompanied by the heat of a gospel choir, in a golden coffin, adorned with long red gladioli, is brought inside and placed at the base of the stage, among many crowns of flowers.
Was about 20thousand people.
After that start the performances of singers and friends of Jackson as Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, Mariah Carey and Jennifer Hudson.
It is up to Mariah Carey, along with Trey Lorenz, open the gift of music with one of the most famous hits "I'll Be There."
At the end of the song, Mariah, in the applause, salutes with a huge "We Miss You," .
Then comes the turn of rapper Queen Latifah, who remembers him as "the biggest star of the earth" before reading a poem dedicated to Jackson, the poet Maya Angelou.
Then back to music with Lionel Richie, all dressed in black with a yellow rose on the lapel of smoking and a red handkerchief.
The friend of Jackson has interpreted "Jesus is Love."
Then it was the turn of the great Stevie Wonder. "We love Michael forever .
A last farewell to Jackson, there are also other famous people starting with the axes of yesterday's Lakers (Magic Johnson) and Kobe Bryant today. Or even friends of a lifetime, as the actress Brooke Shields.