The death of Michael Jackson on Thursday afternoon came as a shock to many and authorities in Los Angeles have begun the process of unraveling what happened to the King of Pop.
The LA County Corner’s Office will begin conducting an autopsy of the body of Jackson on Friday morning.
UCLA released a statement that Jackson was brought to the UCLA Medical Center on Thursday after he reportedly suffered a “cardiac arrest in his home.”
However, the cause of his death remains unknown until an autopsy is conducted.
A preliminary report may be released as early as Friday, however, toxicology reports could take weeks to explain what really happened.
Brian Oxman, the Jackson Family spokesperson, hinted in an interview with CNN on Thursday evening that Jackson’s death may have had something to do with medication.
“This is not something that has been unexpected any time that there was a report because of the medications which Michael was under,” Oxman told CNN. “This family has been trying for months and months and months to take care of Michael Jackson. The people who have surrounded him have been enabling him. If you think that the case of Anna Nicole Smith was an abuse, it is nothing in comparison to what we have seen taken place in Michael Jackson’s life.”
According to UCLA, which released a statement following Jackson’s death, the pop star’s doctor was on the scene at his rented Holmby Hills home in Los Angeles when the singer is believed to have gone into cardiac arrest.
On Wednesday night, sources told Access Hollywood that Jackson seemed fine.
He had been rehearsing at the Staples Center for his London concert dates, which were set to kick off later this summer and was singing and dancing late into the evening.
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