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Prior to the public funeral being held at Staples Center for Michael Jackson this Tuesday, family and close friends will attend a private ceremony to remember the singer and loved one.

No location or time details have been provided as of yet, but more information about the public services is supposed to become available today. In the meantime, Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich has been asked to produce the Jackson memorial at the Staples Center.

It must be quite a production!

Ken explained that the public service would NOT be an extravagant tribute concert, but will include "some types of performances.”

He says: “It will be a memorial service reflecting the dignity of what the family wants. It will be a fitting memorial to Michael Jackson – no dance numbers.”

As we mentioned before, the funeral at Staples Center will be open to the public and free of charge.

This is sure to be one epic event.

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