Michael to be buried in a stage costume, in a gold coffin - and then 'encased in concrete'?

SHOOT: Not sure it is very wise burying anyone in a gold coffin. It's a recipe for tomb raiding. Er...especially during a global recession.

clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk The singer, wearing a stage costume, will be laid to rest in a gold-plated coffin, along with tokens from his life in music, including one of the white gloves he loved to wear. But, according to US media reports quoting a friend of the family, the Jacksons want the coffin entombed in concrete immediately after the funeral – which is expected to be held in secret before Tuesday's public memorial service – because of fears that a crazed fan could try to dig it up. Jackson, who died aged 50, is expected to be temporarily buried in a cemetery, but a final resting place has been assigned for him by his family at the Neverland ranch, 150 miles north-west of Los Angeles, where he lived until 2005. As well as the risk of someone disturbing his remains, family members are concerned that his grave could be desecrated, or be daubed with graffiti referring to his 2005 trial on child abuse charges, of which he was cleared. A similar double burial was held for Elvis Presley.