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The Los Angeles Coroners Office held a press conference today to announce that Michael Jackson’s autopsy revealed no indications of foul play of evidence of physical trauma. However the cause of death cannot be determined until a toxicology report and other tests are completed in four to six weeks, a spokesperson for the Coroners Office ...

Brian Oxman blames the singer's "handlers" for "enabling" him; "I warned that his day may come"

Vanity Fair scribe Maureen Orth covered Michael Jackson in depth when he was alive, and Friday morning during a lengthy segment on "Morning Joe" she talked about his death and in some of the frankest terms heard since the news of his passing.

Orth said, among other things, that his isolation was partially self-imposed and helped him play with boys, that his fame and money got him off of child molestation charges, that he suffered a crippling drug habit and that the publicity-seeking Jackson would have wanted to die as he did.

Vendors are scrambling to issue refunds to 750,000 ticket holders for the star's 50 comeback shows.

As the entire world mourns the death of Michael Jackson, many are celebrating the King of Pop’s unparalleled musical legacy. Following the news of Jackson’s sudden passing, Jackson songs and albums immediately begin climbing the sales charts at digital music stores. Over on iTunes, the current top five albums, and seven of the Top 10, [...]

The extent of the reaction to Mr. Jackson’s sudden death underscored how far his influence had spread.

Pop giant Michael Jackson, who took to the stage as a child star and went on to set the world dancing to the thumping rhythms of his music for decades, died Thursday, TMZ website reported.

Koko Taylor, a sharecropper's daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet "Queen of the Blues," has died after complications from surgery. She was 80.

Ortega Devon Henderson, an up-and-coming rapper who traveled in the same orbit as fellow artist Nelly, died Wednesday of injuries suffered May 16 in a shooting in Wellston, his friends and family said.

Mr. Foss explored the byways of the avant-garde, focusing at different times on techniques from serialism and electronic music to Minimalism and improvisation.