Michael Jackson causes of death

LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson was emaciated, bald and riddled with
needle wounds when he died, a leaked autopsy reportedly reveals.

A post mortem examination done on Jackson following his death last
week found the 1.78-metre tall pop superstar weighed just 51
kilograms, Britain's The Sun newspaper reported.

The 50-year-old's stomach was reportedly empty except for some
partially-dissolved pills and his hips, thighs and shoulders were
pockmarked with needle wounds – believed to be the legacy of injected
narcotic painkillers.

Jackson was also almost completely bald, with just a covering of
"peach fuzz" left on his scalp, the pathologist noted in the alleged
report. He died wearing a wig.

The report stated Jackson several broken ribs caused by rescuers
pumping his chest to try to resuscitate him after he went into cardiac
arrest.

Four injection marks on his chest revealed attempts to pump adrenaline
directly into his heart, The Sun reported.

The description of the dead star came as his former in-house doctor,
Conrad Murray, denied having injected Jackson with a powerful
painkiller before his death.

"There was no Demerol. No OxyContin," Dr Murray's lawyer, Edward
Chernoff, told the Los Angeles Times newspaper.

"He checked for a pulse. There was a weak pulse in his femoral artery.
He started administering CPR."

Mr Chernoff said his client was stunned by Jackson's death.

"He was the one who suggested the autopsy to the family while they
were still in the hospital. He didn't understand why Michael Jackson
had died," he said.