Bill for Jackson's LA funeral: $1 million

LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson's private family funeral was fit for a king and had a price tag to match: roughly $1 million, according to court documents released on Tuesday.

Although Jackson died in June and had a large public tribute at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in July, the private family funeral held on Sept 3 appeared to have been arranged with urgency.

Legal requests for payments filed with estate administrators by attorneys for Michael Jackson's mother only three days before the scheduled burial noted that if payment was not received by the funeral home and the Glendale Police Department by Sept 1, "the funeral will not proceed".