Click the play button on the video window to the right to see the storyLOS ANGELES -- Officials from the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office now say determining the cause of Michael Jackson's death will require as much as 6 weeks of work.
Coroner Spokesperson Frank Harvey said there were no signs of foul play or trauma to the body, and that Jackson had been taking some unspecified prescription medications.
Harvey also said toxicology, neuropathology and pulmonary tests would likely be performed before any cause of death could be announced.
The police department has also requested a security hold on the investigation which limits how much the coroner's office can say about the case.
Harvey said Jackson's body will be released once the family selects a mortuary.
Valley man, former Jackson bodyguard, remembers pop starThe King of Pop’s death has hit people in all different ways, from friend to friend, on television, through radio reports and on the Internet.
Just two hours after the death announcement, the Zia Records Exchange at 19th Avenue and Indian School was completely sold out of anything and everything related to the singer.
"It was complete madness," said Bernadette Hankinson, the store manager. "Constant people coming in and asking and then walking over to the section and then seeing nothing and asking us, do you have any Michael Jackson."
Sometime late Friday, someone managed to find two last Jackson items, a "Thriller" vinyl album and a record single of "The Way You Make Me Feel."
You can still special order any Jackson music or movie, but there is no telling when the suppliers will be able to fill the order.
Several Internet sites were slowed or crashed as the news of Michael Jackson’s death spread.
Twitter updates doubled when the news broke. Sites like Facebook also saw an increase in hits with people updating their sites. And editors battled back and forth on Wikipedia about which facts surrounding his death were accurate.
“I remember growing up dancing to his songs,” said Karla Rodriquez Friday morning as she headed into a coffee shop. “It makes me feel old. It’s really sad.”
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The 50-year-old musical superstar died Thursday, just as he was preparing for a series of 50 concerts starting July 13 at London's 02 arena.
He died at UCLA Medical Center after being stricken at his rented home in the posh Los Angeles neighborhood of Holmby Hills.
Paramedics tried to resuscitate him for nearly three-quarters of an hour, then rushed him to the hospital, where doctors continued to work on him.
His brother Jermaine said it was believed that Jackson suffered cardiac arrest at his home.
Cardiac arrest is an abnormal heart rhythm that stops the heart from pumping blood to the body. It can occur after a heart attack or be caused by other heart problems.
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"When the autopsy comes, all hell's going to break loose, so thank God we're celebrating him now," Liza Minnelli told CBS' "The Early Show" by telephone.
In 2007, Jackson settled a lawsuit filed by a Beverly Hills pharmacy that claimed the singer owed more than $100,000 for prescription drugs over a two-year period.
After Jackson was acquitted on child molestation charges in 2005, Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon argued returning some items belonging to Jackson he labeled "contraband."
Sneddon said those included syringes, the drug Demerol and prescriptions for various drugs, mainly antibiotics, that were in different people's names.
Jackson's 1982 album, "Thriller," is the best-selling album of all time, with an estimated 50 million copies sold worldwide.
Musical tributes to Michael Jackson hit the Valley's airwavesBillboard magazine editorial director Bill Werde said Jackson's 13 No. 1 one hits on the Billboard charts put him behind only Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Mariah Carey.
Jackson's death brings a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.
He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, known for his backward-gliding moonwalk, his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves and his high-pitched singing, punctuated with squeals and titters.
His single sequined glove, tight, military-style jacket and aviator sunglasses were trademarks, as was his ever-changing, surgically altered appearance.
Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley in 1994, and they divorced in 1996. Later that year, Jackson married Deborah Rowe, a former nurse for his dermatologist.
They had two children together: Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., known as Prince Michael, now 12; and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, 11. Rowe filed for divorce in 1999.
Jackson also had a third child, Prince Michael II. Now 7, Jackson said the boy nicknamed Blanket as a baby was his biological child born from a surrogate mother.
Billboard magazine editorial director Bill Werde said Jackson's star power was unmatched.
"The world just lost the biggest pop star in history, no matter how you cut it," Werde said. "He's literally the king of pop."
