Showbiz, schmaltz and not a trace of Wacko

Fans, family members and friends take part in extravaganza celebrating Michael Jackson's lifeThey came not so much to lay Michael Jackson to rest, as to ease him gently into a warm bath of adulation, hyperbole and showbiz razzle-dazzle tinged with more than a hint of religious symbolism.The Michael Jackson celebrated today at the downtown Los Angeles Staples Centre in a two-hour extravaganza of song, sermonising and tears was very far from the headline-grabbing, lawsuit-happy eccentric with th...

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