Saturday, July 11, 2009

Where is the Body?

Michael Jackson's body has been stashed in Motown founder Berry Gordy's crypt.
His remains were brought back to the white marble, above-ground crypt the Motown record-label founder bought for his family in the Court of Remembrance section of Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills.
Jackson's body is still missing his brain, which coroners are temporarily keeping for testing.
Aside from Jackson, the simple mausoleum is empty and marked only with a distinctive swooping letter "G."
For the time being, Jackson lies with a who's who of Hollywood heavyweights. Next door is the final resting place of American sweetheart actress Sandra Dee, who died in 2005. And nearby are ornate crypts of Bette Davis and flamboyant pianist Liberace.
Gordy -- who discovered the Jackson 5 -- offered the family use of the crypt until they sort out how to make the most money out of Micheal going forward.
On one side are Jackson's brother Jermaine and father, Joseph, who are insistent the Gloved One be buried at Neverland Ranch so the family can profit off a proposed Graceland-style museum there -- a process that could take years. The other side? ...Well, that would be Tito and LaToya...eeex-actly...
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Berry Gordy denies Michael Jackson's body is stashed in his family crypt

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

This Week in History...

  • Dec. 19, 1967: Luxor headliner Criss Angel was born as Christopher Sarantakos in East Meadow, N.Y.
  • Dec. 19, 1946: Robert Urich, who starred as detective Dan Tanna in "Vega$" for three seasons, would have been 62. He died April 16, 2002.
  • Dec. 20, 1957: Elvis Presley receives his draft notice from the U.S. Army while spending the Christmas holidays at Graceland, the rock 'n' roll star's newly purchased Tennessee mansion.
  • Dec. 22, 1949: Robin Gibb of the singer/songwriting trio The Bee Gees was born with twin brother, Maurice.
  • Dec. 23, 1979: Holly Madison was born in Astoria, Ore. She was a roller-skating waitress at Hooters in Santa Monica, Calif., before spending eight years in the Playboy Mansion with Hugh Hefner.

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Elvis Presley Photos Discovered

Scores of previously unpublished photos of legend Elvis Presley have been found by a New York photographer.
He dug out nearly 100 never-before-seen shots, including some Graceland officials consider the most iconic ever taken.
story w/pics HERE
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