- www.tmz.com
Police want to interview Michael Jackson’s doctor after the star’s family suggested he died because of a drug overdose, according to reports.
The King of Pop suffered a cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles and was taken to the UCLA medical centre where he was pronounced dead.
Entertainment website Tmz.com said Jackson received a daily injection of Demerol, a synthetic narcotic similar to morphine, and may have been given “too much” on Thursday.
LA police want to talk to the doctor – who lived with the star and administered his injections – but have not been able to trace him, says Tmz.
Jackson’s brother Jermaine Jackson confirmed the pop legend had passed away aged 50 after doctors worked for more than an hour to try to revive him.
The star’s body was flown by helicopter from the hospital to the LA coroner’s office where a post-mortem examination is under way.
It is reportedly being performed by Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, who was a star witness in the O.J. Simpson trial.
Brian Oxman, a spokesman for the Jackson family, said the singer’s relatives had been concerned about his health for some time.
“Michael appeared at rehearsals a couple of times, he was very seriously trying to be able to do those rehearsals,” he said.
“His use of medications had gotten in the way. His injuries which he had sustained performing, where he had broken a vertebra and he had broken his leg from a fall on the stage, were getting in the way.”
Source: www.ananova.com
2 Comments
June 26, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Wow, that’s very strange. R.I.P. Michael Jackson.
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