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Jackson's brothers visit Neverland
Michael Jackson's brothers have made a private visit to the late King of Pop's Neverland Ranch. Skip related content
Jackie, Jermaine and Tito Jackson - who sang and danced beside Michael in the Jackson 5 - spent time at the ranch at the weekend, as the family and the star's friends and fans struggled to come to terms with his death.
The Jackson brothers walked the manicured grounds and reminisced about the Billie Jean singer's life.
They were joined for lunch at the estate by billionaire investor Thomas Barrack, who previously set up a joint venture with Michael that took control of the ranch after the singer nearly lost it to foreclosure last year.
It's not known what will become of the 2,500-acre Santa Barbara County ranch, a major piece of the singer's debt-strapped financial empire. There have been unconfirmed reports that it could become a memorial or museum honouring the performer's legacy like Elvis Presley's Graceland.
It's "premature to talk about the future of the property", said a spokesman for Colony Capital LLC, the Los Angeles-based firm where Barrack is chairman and CEO. Barrack "feels very close to the family and wants to hear their thoughts about how best to honour Michael's memory," he said.
The ranch was set to be sold in March 2008 because of missed payments on a 24.5 million dollar loan, but Michael managed to cut an 11th-hour deal to keep it off the auction block.
Scores of fans have streamed past the gated entrance to Neverland to leave handwritten notes, photographs, balloons and flowers following the pop star's death last week.
Link: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090629/ten-j...nd-5f8abb3.html
Michael Jackson's brothers have made a private visit to the late King of Pop's Neverland Ranch. Skip related content
Jackie, Jermaine and Tito Jackson - who sang and danced beside Michael in the Jackson 5 - spent time at the ranch at the weekend, as the family and the star's friends and fans struggled to come to terms with his death.
The Jackson brothers walked the manicured grounds and reminisced about the Billie Jean singer's life.
They were joined for lunch at the estate by billionaire investor Thomas Barrack, who previously set up a joint venture with Michael that took control of the ranch after the singer nearly lost it to foreclosure last year.
It's not known what will become of the 2,500-acre Santa Barbara County ranch, a major piece of the singer's debt-strapped financial empire. There have been unconfirmed reports that it could become a memorial or museum honouring the performer's legacy like Elvis Presley's Graceland.
It's "premature to talk about the future of the property", said a spokesman for Colony Capital LLC, the Los Angeles-based firm where Barrack is chairman and CEO. Barrack "feels very close to the family and wants to hear their thoughts about how best to honour Michael's memory," he said.
The ranch was set to be sold in March 2008 because of missed payments on a 24.5 million dollar loan, but Michael managed to cut an 11th-hour deal to keep it off the auction block.
Scores of fans have streamed past the gated entrance to Neverland to leave handwritten notes, photographs, balloons and flowers following the pop star's death last week.
Link: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090629/ten-j...nd-5f8abb3.html
