Jacko is buried at last and not a fan in sight

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Michael Jackson has finally been buried in an unmarked plot at a Los Angeles cemetery, according to reports.

Security fear: Michael Jackson's plot is unmarked

The singer's body is thought to be at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood, near the grave of his grandmother Martha Bridges, who died in 1990.

The quiet funeral was in stark contrast to last month's star-studded memorial service. Jackson's family have kept the plot's location a secret.

A cemetery source said: "Other than the Jackson family and the Forest Lawn management, no one knows the exact spot. Staff at the cemetery have been fed several locations, it's as if they're hoping to confuse everyone."

There are also plans to move the singer's body if fans discover the location. The source added: "The fear is that thousands of Jackson fans will descend on the cemetery and damage or deface the grave."

Jackson's brain, removed for toxicology tests, was returned to his body for the burial. A cause of death has yet to be formally announced.

Meanwhile, Oliver! star Mark Lester claimed to have fathered Jackson's daughter, Paris, 11, and possibly also 12-year-old Prince Michael I after donating sperm to the singer. He said: "In 1996 Michael asked me if I would give him my sperm and I said yes." Lester, 51, now wants to take a paternity test.

Latest twist: Oliver! star Mark Lester says he's Paris's dad

And today Jackson's friend Uri Geller told GMTV: "I have no reason to doubt Mark's story simply because I remember years ago Michael implied that he wanted Mark to help him father a child for him. Obviously I can't be 100 per cent sure that Paris is the biological daughter of Mark, but I remember those words, and knowing the relationship Mark had with Michael, there was such a strong bond that to me it really makes sense."

But the singer's lawyer today rejected the claims, saying: "The thing I always heard from Michael was that Michael was the father of these children, and I believe Michael."

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