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Berry Gordy's representatives are shooting down reports the Motown Records founder has lent Michael Jackson's family a crypt to store the singer's body. Jackson died June 25 and a casket allegedly containing his body was on display at a public memorial in Los Angeles July 7. However, since then, it has been unclear where his body has been stored while the family decides on a permanent resting place, FOX News said. Some reports have claimed the pop icon's remains were placed in an above-ground white marble crypt owned by Berry in Los Angeles' Forest Lawn Cemetery. I can assure you it is absolutely incorrect, Gordy's spokeswoman told the New York Daily News.
The singing competition series American Idol is shooting footage for an upcoming Motown-themed episode at Detroit's Motown Historical Museum. The Detroit Free Press quoted sources as saying the popular Fox show's cast and crew headed to the museum's Studio A attraction this week so Detroit music stars Berry Gordy Jr.