Article: Final farewell to Jacko, the king of pop ; Mother overwhelmed with grief at funeral serviceElizabeth Taylor attends Michael Jackson's funeral service held at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park; music producer Quincy Jones; singer's son Prince Michael

MICHAEL Jackson's mother was overwhelmed with emotion today as the singer was finally laid to rest, the final act in his extraordinary years in the spotlight.

Jackson's daughter Paris was in tears at the low-key private ceremony in Los Angeles as she attended with her two brothers and the large family clan.

The ceremony began more than an hour late as guests including 77- year-old Dame Elizabeth Taylor waited in temperatures of 32C for the Jackson family to arrive at the Forest Lawn cemetery, close to the burial sites of Hollywood actors Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn and Clark Gable.

Speakers at the event, closed to the public and TV cameras, included civil rights leader the Rev Al Sharpton, ...

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