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Free Rolls-Royces for Jackson's funeral
(Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Michael Jackson may have died with hundreds of millions in debt, but his funeral procession this morning to the private service and then to the Staples Center in Los Angeles was led by five Rolls-Royce Phantoms and 10 Range Rovers.
All of the cars were black and provided to the Jackson family for free by a local dealer, according to TMZ.com (rumors on that site aside, TMZ was the first source to report Jackson's death).
The hearse carrying Jackson's gold coffin, however, was just a Lincoln Town Car.
(Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Clifford Atiyeh edits the Cars section on Boston.com and is an automotive correspondent for The Boston Globe. He has spent his entire life driving cars he doesn't own.
In the garage: 2008 MBTA Zone 1A monthly pass, 1995 21-speed Iron Horse. Bill Griffith is an automotive correspondent for The Boston Globe and has reviewed cars for 10 years. He was also the Globe's assistant sports editor for 25 years and the paper's sports media columnist.
In the garage (over the years): 1956 T-Bird, 1959 Nash Metropolitan, 1980 El Camino, 1997 supercharged Camry TRD.
In the garage: 2008 MBTA Zone 1A monthly pass, 1995 21-speed Iron Horse. Bill Griffith is an automotive correspondent for The Boston Globe and has reviewed cars for 10 years. He was also the Globe's assistant sports editor for 25 years and the paper's sports media columnist.
In the garage (over the years): 1956 T-Bird, 1959 Nash Metropolitan, 1980 El Camino, 1997 supercharged Camry TRD.
