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Guest List For Jackson Memorial

Will Be Broadcast Live

The Jackson family has announced 18 celebrities who will be part of the Michael Jackson service on Tuesday.

Slideshow: Celebs Invited To Michael Jackson Memorial

Not on the list are two celebs widely reported to be on the venue: Diana Ross and Justin Timberlake.

But it will still be a star-studded send off for the late singer.

Here is the official list, as of Monday night:

Kobe Bryant
Mariah Carey
Andrae Crouch Choir
Berry Gordy
Jennifer Hudson
Shaheen Jafargholi (Britain's Got Talent)
Magic Johnson
Martin Luther King III
Bernice A. King
John Mayer
Lionel Richie
Smokey Robinson
Rev. Al Sharpton
Brooke Shields
Pastor Lucious Smith (family friend)
Usher
Stevie Wonder

The public memorial will start at 1 p.m. ET and you can watch the entire service live on MyFoxPhilly.com.

More than 1.6 million fans tried to get 17,500 tickets to the memorial. Los Angeles police expect a crowd of 750,000 people near the site.

The two-day registration period for the service at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles ended Saturday.

Listings on eBay for tickets started at $20,000 before eBay blocked the listings.

But Ticketmaster took several measures to prevent ticket-scalping.

City officials are preparing for massive crowds. Assistant Police Chief Earl Paysinger says anywhere from a quarter-million to 700,000 people may try to reach the arena, even though a wide area around Staples Center will be sealed off to those without tickets.

City Councilwoman Jan Perry strongly urged people to stay home and watch the memorial on TV. The ceremony will not be shown on Staples' giant outdoor TV screen and there will be no funeral procession through the city.

No details were given about the actual memorial events, which come as the nation's second-largest city struggles with a $530 million budget deficit. Perry said the cost of police protection for "extraordinary" events like the memorial is built into the Police Department's budget, but she still solicited help for "incremental costs."

Last month, donations covered about $850,000 of the city's $1 million cost for the Los Angeles Lakers' NBA championship parade. Critics had blasted the idea of using city money when it is considering layoffs to close its budget gap.

 

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