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Family and celebrities including Barry Bonds, Macaulay Culkin and a tearful Elizabeth Taylor mourned Michael Jackson at a private funeral service held Thursday night (September 3) outside the elaborate mausoleum where the King of Pop will be entombed.

The funeral began about an hour and a half late because of the tardy arrival of his parents, Joe and Katherine, and other family members. The over 200 mourners were left waiting in the late summer heat, with the temperature stuck at 90 degrees just before sunset. They included the singer's three children, 12-year-old Prince Michael, 10-year-old Paris Michael and 7-year-old Prince Michael II, a.k.a. Blanket.

At one point, a large, blimp-like inflated light, the type used in film and television production, and a boom camera hovered over the seating area placed in front of the elaborate marble mausoleum. The equipment raised the possibility that the footage would be used for the MJ concert documentary This Is It.

After the ceremony, Rev. Al Sharpton tweeted: "I just spoke at the conclusion of tributes. Gladys Knight sang her heart out. Now we prepare to lay him top rest."

He later added: "MICHAEL JACKSON HAS BEEN LAID TO REST."

R.I.P.