Los Angeles:
After several false alarms and delays, the 'King of Pop' Michael Jackson will finally be laid to rest on Thursday in a sunset ceremony attended by family and close friends.
The private service will be a star-studded affair with close pal Diana Ross in attendance and soul legends Arethra Franklin and Gladys Knight singing by the grave, reported TMZ.com.
The pop icon will be buried in Holly Terrace Grand Mausoleum at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park, five miles from Hollywood, in a 45-minute service where no cameras will be allowed.
Earlier, a judge had granted his mother Katherine Jackson's request to have the 'Thriller' hitmaker's estate pay for the cost of his burial.
Jeryll Cohen, the lawyer for the special administrators of Jackson's estate, said in court that the expenses for Michael's burial will be "extraordinary."
The legendary hitmaker died on June 25 at the age of 50 and his death has been officially ruled as homicide by the prosecutors.
The LA county coroner had stated during the ruling that Jackson died from "intravenous injection by another" and his personal doctor Conrad Murray, is the subject of a manslaughter investigation.