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Jackson casket taken from private service
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-07-08 00:50


A memorial to Michael Jackson is seen at Hitsville U.S.A., where the pop megastar's recording career began 40 years ago, in Detroit, Tuesday, July 7, 2009. [Agencies]

LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson's golden casket has been carried from a private service in the Hollywood Hills and placed in a hearse in advance of a public memorial in downtown Los Angeles.

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Family and friends spent about a half hour in the service Tuesday morning after a motorcade of Rolls-Royces, Cadillacs and Range Rovers from Jackson's parents' house in the San Fernando Valley.

Police say Jackson's body will be brought to the downtown Staples Center for a star-studded public memorial service.