GLENDALE, California - Elizabeth Taylor, Barry Bonds and other mourners are gathering for Michael Jackson's funeral, slowly filling rows of white chairs placed outside the mausoleum where the King of Pop will be entombed.

With temperatures hovering at an oppressive 30 degrees C in the early evening Thursday, black-garbed mourners used programs for the service at Forest Lawn Glendale to fan themselves as they awaited the start of the service.

A large, inflated production light, the type used in film and television production, and a boom camera hung over the seating area placed in front of the grand marble mausoleum.

The equipment raised the possibility the footage would be used for the Jackson documentary "This Is It."