Mourning MJ

There was not much going on in the soap world today, except for a pretty facinating Y&R, mostly a continuation from yesterday, but the world stopped when an estimated 1 billion people around the world tuned into the King of Pop Michael Jackson's funeral. The world has lost a great entertainer. He was survived by his parents Joe and Katherine, Siblings: Tito, Jermaine, Le Toya, Janet, Randy, Rebbie, Jackie and Marlon, and children: Prince, 12, Paris, 11, and Prince II "Blanket", 7. The funeral festivities were great at the star studded event including performances by Mariah Carey, Trey Lorenz, Usher, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder and John Mayer. The family spoke unsuspectedly at the end of the service, which featured a breakdown of brother Marlon, and perhaps the moment of the service, when an really unsuspected moment came when daughter Paris cried when calling her father "The best in you could imagine." That moment, in which people will remember forever, as a part of a bigger moment which may never be imitated in history. The pre-emption was necessary.

(L-R: Janet, Paris, Le Toya, Jermaine and Prince Jackson)