Michael Jackson will not be buried on what would have been his 51st birthday as originally planned, a spokesman for his family has confirmed.
The late King of Pop was due to be interred on August 29 during a private ceremony at the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles.
But in a brief statement it was announced that the date had been put back to September 3. No reason was given for the changed arrangements.
The statement added that the ceremony would be limited to family and close friends.
Jackson died on June 25 at his rented property in Los Angeles. He had been rehearshing for his 50-date This Is It residency at London's O2 Arena, which was scheduled to get under way last month.
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Investigators are working on the theory that the singer's heart stopped hours after he was given a heavy sedative to help him sleep.
Jackson will be buried at Forest Lawn's Glendale site, around eight miles north of downtown Los Angeles.
It boasts a mausoleum with replicas of the work of Renaissance greats, including Michelangelo's David and Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper recreated in stained glass.
Others stars believed to be buried at Glendale, which opened in 1906, include Hollywood actors Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn and Clark Gable.
Details of the burial place and the original date were released earlier this week, following speculation over his final resting place.
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A spokesperson for Michael Jackson's family has confirmed that the funeral of Michael Jackson will be postponed from what would have been his 51st birthday—August 29.  Family spokesman Ken Sunshine has said that the date for the burial of the King of Pop would be pushed back to September 3.  The reason for the change of arrangements was not specified.

Details of the burial place and the original date were released earlier this week, after speculation about his final burial place.

Ken Sunshine has also said that the interring that will take place in the Forest Lawn Memorial in Glendale, Los Angeles, and will be private with only close friends and family being invited to see the ceremony. The family are currently trying to keep his burial location unknown.