The farewell to Michael Jackson started yesterday with a private service at Forest Lawn in the Hollywood Hills.  It was followed by a memorial program in Los Angeles with celebrities, family and friends in attendance.

Here is a recap of the event:

Smokey Robinson (reading letter from Diana Ross)

Andrae Crouch Choir, “We Are Going to See the King”

Pastor Lucious Smith

Mariah Carey and Trey Lorenz, “I'll Be There”

Queen Latifah (reading a poem from Maya Angelou, "We Had Him")

Lionel Richie, “Jesus Is Love”

Berry Gordy, founder, Motown Records

Stevie Wonder, “Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer”

Kobe Bryant and Earvin "Magic" Johnson

Jennifer Hudson, “Will You Be There”

Rev. Al Sharpton

John Mayer, “Human Nature”

Brooke Shields (recalling how they “laughed”)

Jermaine Jackson, “Smile”

Bernice King and Martin Luther King III

Rep. Sheila Jackson

Lee
Usher, “Gone Too Soon”

Smokey Robinson

Shaheen Jafargholi (Britain's Got Talent), “Who's Lovin' You Now”

Kenny Ortega (director of Jackson's London concerts)

Jackson's concert singers, “We Are the World” and “Heal the World”

Jermaine Jackson

Marlon Jackson

Paris Michael Katherine Jackson

Goodbye Michael, you will be missed ... but your music will live on forever!