Does the Mother of Michael Jackson want him to be buried at Neverland Ranch?
Michael Jackson’s mother Katherine doesn’t want Jackson buried at Neverland Michael Jackson’s mom has said “never” to burying her son at the Neverland Ranch. “It’s up to Kate,” a clan insider told the Daily News Wednesday after Katherine Jackson made her wishes clear during a family meeting at their compound in Los Angeles. The Jackson family was also debating whether to turn the fantasyland ranch into a moneymaking museum, like Elvis Presley’s Memphis home, Graceland. “Nothing is completely ruled out,” the friend said. Jackson’s brother Jermaine has publicly expressed his desire that the King of Pop spend eternity at Neverland. Katherine Jackson, however, put the kibosh on it, the source said. For a time, it seemed like Jackson was destined to be interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills – the burial place of such stars as Liberace, Bette Davis and Buster Keaton. That’s where his family gathered Tuesday morning before a celebrity-studded tribute to the “Thriller” star at the
. Michael Jackson’s mother feels Neverland Ranch is too tainted to become a burial site for her son. Katherine Jackson is said to have had heated discussions with Michael’s brother, Jermaine, who wants the singer to be buried at the ranch where he lived from 1988 to 2003. Charges of child molestation made against the singer and police raids are believed to have caused him to leave. Katherine believes that Michael would not wish to be laid to rest there for the same reasons that he did not want to live there. A source close to Katherine said: “Michael left Neverland for good, never to return. He felt violated by law enforcement after his molestation trial. He felt this place he had built had been tainted.” Jermaine said: “This is his home, he created this. Why wouldn’t he be here? I feel his presence. And I love that. I want my mother to come back here and feel what I feel. He built this place with love and you can see it and feel it.” Sources:
Michael Jackson’s mom has said “never” to burying her son at the Neverland Ranch. “It’s up to Kate,” a clan insider told the Daily News Wednesday after Katherine Jackson made her wishes clear during a family meeting at their compound in Los Angeles. The Jackson family was also debating whether to turn the fantasyland ranch into a moneymaking museum, like Elvis Presley’s Memphis home, Graceland. “Nothing is completely ruled out,” the friend said.
