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Michael Jackson's death has sparked a media firestorm
The Michael Jackson autopsy results that were reportedly leaked to British tabloid The Sun are false, according to Ed Winter, assistant chief coroner of the L.A. County Coroner's Office.
"I don't know where that information came from, or who that information came from. It is not accurate. Some of it is totally false," said Winter in a statement released June 29. Winters was responding to The Sun's report early Monday that Jackson, who died on June 25 at age 50, was bald, emaciated, had broken ribs and only pills in his stomach when he died.
Claiming it had seen a leaked autopsy report, The Sun alleged that Jackson was wearing a wig to cover his "peach fuzz" hair when he died, weighed only 112 lbs. and had needle marks covering his shoulders, hips and thighs.
Separately, celebrity gossip site TMZ has also dismissed the leaked autopsy report as fake. "A report in The Sun gave harrowing details of the body, but we've learned the 'autopsy report' was fabricated and completely false," says TMZ.
Meanwhile, the L.A. County Coroner's Office has deemed the results of Michael Jackson's June 26 autopsy inconclusive, saying it may take several more weeks to determine the exact cause of death. However, Craig Harvey, operations chief, told reporters last Friday: "There was no indication of any external trauma or any indication of foul play." Michael's body has since been released to a private pathologist, where a second autopsy will be performed at the request of the Jackson family.
Jackson, who had been feverishly preparing for a comeback tour in July, was in full cardiac arrest when paramedics arrived at his rented L.A. mansion on the afternoon of June 25. Sources say his personal physician had desperately tried to revive him.
While speculation is mounting that Michael may have overdosed on Demerol (a narcotic painkiller similar to morphine), the Coroner's Office says it's still too early to tell what kind of drugs Jackson may have had in his system. "We know he was taking some prescription medications," Harvey said. "But those tests will take an additional four to six weeks to be completed."
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