The cost of the late singer's private funeral topped $1 million. The Forest Lawn crypt cost $590,000, and $35,000 was spent on the pop star's clothing.
The estate paid, among other expenses, $590,000 for Jackson's crypt in Forest Lawn's Great Mausoleum, a vast granite and marble-filled palazzo that is the final resting place of Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and other stars. Guest invitations, which went out to Jackson friends Elizabeth Taylor, Macaulay Culkin, Quincy Jones and others, cost $11,716. The bill for security, including the fleet of luxury cars that delivered Jackson's children, parents and siblings to the ceremony, came to $30,000. The florist's bill was $16,000, and the funeral planner charged $15,000. An Italian restaurant in Pasadena billed $21,455 for a "funeral repast" after the service. - latimes.com
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