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August 31, 2009
VIDEO + Story: Tito Jackson: 'I Don't Think I'll Ever Be Completely at Peace'
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With just three days until Michael Jackson will be put into his final resting place at Forest Lawn in Glendale, CA, ET has a new exclusive with Tito and Marlon Jackson…
"It's going to be close friends and family," says Marlon about the funeral. "A chance to say our final, final, final goodbye. Michael will live forever inside of me."
"He will always be remembered in my heart and others' hearts," says Tito, adding, "I don't think I'll ever be completely at peace with this."
Michael will reportedly be buried in a gold-plated coffin and fitted with a special wig. His three children have reportedly penned goodbye letters to their father, to be placed in the coffin. Aretha Franklin will supposedly sing graveside.
After the funeral, Michael's coffin will be encased in deep concrete to deter grave robbers, according to an interview in the Daily Mirror.
Marlon was in the U.S. Virgin Islands for brother Tito's concert benefiting the Reichhold Center for the Arts at the University of the Virgin Islands, held on what would have been Michael's 51st birthday.
"He's smiling down on all of us and he's happy that we're honoring his birthday and paying our respect to him," says Tito.
Posted August 31, 2009 2:02:00 PM
ET / Thanks Sheril Snider!