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Travis Barker & Friends, Family Pay Respects at DJ AM Funeral

Wed., Sep. 2, 2009 9:30 PM PDT by

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DJ AM is at rest.

Shortly after 3 p.m., guests began to congregate at Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary in West Los Angeles for a private funeral service honoring the celebrity spinner otherwise known as Adam Goldstein.

Travis Barker and actor Scott Caan were among those spotted arriving, while Goldstein's mother, Andrea Gross, were later seen leaving the grounds following the intimate service.

A friend of the Goldstein family told E! News, which was first to confirm the funeral plans Wednesday, that the service and ensuing burial were for "family only," but obviously "family" also encompassed those who were especially close to AM.

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Jackson Memorial Set for Staples Center, Funeral Plans Falling Into Place

Thu., Jul. 2, 2009 7:37 PM PDT by

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UPDATE: E! News has learned exclusively that AEG Live will make next Tuesday's memorial service for Michael Jackson free to the public.

"There will not be a charge for tickets," says an event organizer.

More details will be released on Friday morning at 10 a.m. during a press conference being held outside of Staples Center.

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The pieces are finally falling into place as to how Michael Jackson will at last be laid to rest—and then memorialized accordingly.

Arrangements are still being made, but Jackson's body will ultimately be interred at Forest Lawn cemetery in the Hollywood Hills, and an open-to-the-masses tribute to the King of Pop will take place at Staples Center on Tuesday at 10 a.m.

"Details are still to be finalized when I meet with the Jackson family this afternoon," AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips told L.A.'s KNBC-TV. "Everything is in preliminary stages except the place and time."

The L.A. Police Department will be ready, having already started setting up security blockades outside Staples in Chick Hearn Court.

Arrivals will begin around 8 a.m., Phillips said. Huge-screen TVs will be set up elsewhere in the L.A. Live complex as well, to give any overflow crowd a glimpse of what's inside.

But while details of what the Jacksons have in mind for the memorial event remain murky, at least the death certificate can finally exchange hands.

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