Mother Supreme (Michael Jackson Will Names Diana Ross Potential Guardian of his Kids)

The Sun ^ | 7/2/09 | PETE SAMSON and VIRGINIA WHEELER

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MICHAEL Jackson's 500 million-dollar will names Supremes singing legend Diana Ross as his children's potential guardian, it was revealed yesterday. The will leaves his ex-wife Debbie Rowe - mother of two of the children - NOTHING.

During a day of bizarre developments, it also emerged that the superstar will probably be buried near his grandmother in LA - after the expected funeral at his former Neverland home in California hit problems.

Family ... Jacko and his kids Jacko, 50, chose his beloved idol Diana, 65, as carer in the event that his mother Katherine died before him, or was unable to look after the three youngsters.

Katherine, 79, won temporary custody of Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and Prince Michael II, seven, - called Blanket - after her son died last Thursday.

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The five-page will was filed yesterday at a Los Angeles court. It values Jackson's estate at more than 500million dollars. Jacko said he "intentionally omitted" Debbie.

The document reads: "If any of my children are minors at the time of my death, I nominate my mother, Katherine Jackson, as guardian of the persons and estates of such minor children.

"If Katherine Jackson fails to survive me, or is unable or unwilling to act as guardian, I nominate Diana Ross as guardian of the persons and estates of such minor children."

Motown giant Diana - who shot to fame with The Supremes in the 1960s before solo stardom - was instrumental in the launch of Jacko's career.

She starred with teenage Michael in a 1977 Wizard of Oz remake called The Wiz.

Diana has raised five children and has been praised for keeping them away from controversy.

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Is this whole hullabaloo about over yet? It was a nice reprieve while it lasted though. We could turn on the television or the Internet without hearing about North Korea threatening nuclear war, Iran shooting young women in the face, an economy being dragged behind the pickup truck of the Obama administration, passing the largest energy use tax in history, sending terrorists on a taxpayer funded island getaway, or the government taking over the health care industry.

But anyway – how’s Bo doing? Is Christ On Earth still stealing a Newport when he gets a chance? Admittedly, a hazard of the trade when you’re passing out all those cigarettes to homeless people in exchange for votes for so many years. That just means he’s human! I was getting worried there for a second.