MJ's casket...

[MJSongbird]

I wouldn't like to think of the family and children sitting there with michael laying there lifeless un like he was in life.
Thank you jackson family for sharing him for the last time.
Prince, Paris, Blanket You are loved as much as daddy .

[marnie]

Im glad it was closed. Personally I rather keep the memories of happy smiley Michael! Much more dignified and respectful for him this way. He is still around us, all over... all of the time and will continue to live on through his music/influence and his children. My heart is out to the family right now.

[Mizz Mina]

I'm glad it was closed it didnt need to be open so the press could take pictures of him them broadcast his face all over the internet and news. then i hear someone comment on how he may have looked and then murdered someone.

[VanX]

i want to know how he was dressed...

Me too. I wanted to see his beautiful suit. I would have liked to see him, as a last memory. Now the last photo we have of him is that horrid photo with the oxygen mask on his face.

[Mizz Mina]

Me too. I wanted to see his beautiful suit. I would have liked to see him, as a last memory. Now the last photo we have of him is that horrid photo with the oxygen mask on his face.

I hate that pic with the oxygen mask on. I hate hate hate. But I did keep the picture. I have it in a folder on my computer with my moms picture i took with my cell phone at the coroners office when she died. I don't look at them though
i have made it a hidden folder

[Seven]

Trust me you would not have wanted to see the casket opened. Once someone has passed and their soul is no longer in the body, it is not the same. Empty, a shell. You would not have wanted to see that.

[mjbunny]

I am glad they brought it to the memorial. And glad it stayed closed.

[Cheeko]

Glad it stayed closed i don't think i could have hacked it..

[8701girl]

Now the last photo we have of him is that horrid photo with the oxygen mask on his face.

Guys just look at the beautiful of mike at the "this is it" rehearsal
That is such a beautiful last memory of mike- DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST!

[*Tessa*]

I preferred the casket to be closed...it was hard enough to see the casket there, knowing he was inside so I feel like seeing him gone would have been too much for me to bear. Plus, as some of you have said, the media would have gone crazy and I would prefer to remember him of on the stage performing, doing what he loved and not in a coffin in front of it... These are just my thoughts, but overall I thought the memorial was very beautiful.

[iboz75]

Although I would have liked to see Michael in his casket, i understand why they decided not to do that. I would've wanted to see his beautiful face, and what he was wearing.

[pamarella]

I am glad that the casket was closed. I did not want to see Michael Jackson lying in a coffin.......... People never ever ever look like themselves. I did not want the last image of a dead Michael Jackson in my mind. At least the picture of him with the air mask on he looks like he's sleeping.

[CatherineNZ]

they did the right thing that they didnt open it. first of all - they showed respect to Michael and kept his privacy. secondly they showed respect to people and fans - Michael was there in the hall, they wanted him to be there. and at last - they might have saved lifes because nobody knows how some fans would have reacted if they saw an open casket

[myfavouritewintercoat]

I'm glad it stayed closed.

[butterflies]

Trust me you would not have wanted to see the casket opened. Once someone has passed and their soul is no longer in the body, it is not the same. Empty, a shell. You would not have wanted to see that.

That is so true. They do not look the same at all, and it's just sad. It's better to remember them as they were and not to see that. Also, I'm glad for his sake that they did not put him on display like that. He wouldn't have wanted it, and I'm sure his family knew that.