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June 29, 2009 | By
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By Mary Milliken and Alex Dobuzinskis

He said funeral arrangements for the King of Pop were still being discussed. A family friend said services could take place on Wednesday and the body could be buried at Jackson’s famous Neverland Ranch.
Tension over the mysterious death came to the surface at the BET Awards, modified at the last minute as a tribute to Jackson’s musical genius. Some stars bristled over coverage of Jackson’s downward spiral during the last decade, filled with accusations of child molestation and bizarre behavior.
“He is one of our heroes,” said rap artist and music impresario Sean “Diddy” Combs. “As African Americans, we are not going to let everybody beat him up.”
Jackson, 50, was weeks away from an anticipated comeback with a series of 50 concerts in London. He rehearsed regularly up to the night before his death.
Concerns about his health had been rampant during his 2005 trial in California on charges of child sex abuse, of which he was acquitted. Last year, he was photographed in Las Vegas in a wheelchair.
‘BARELY ATE, DRANK’
Promoter AEG Live said Jackson had passed a four-hour medical exam earlier this year.
Murray — a cardiologist hired ahead of the concerts and paid by AEG, according to his lawyer — was surprised to find Jackson unconscious and not breathing in his rented chateau in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood.
“He barely ate, he barely drank. But (there was) nothing which would lead the doctor to believe that he had any possible problems that would cause sudden death,” said Edward Chernoff, the attorney who accompanied Murray during three hours of police questioning on Saturday.
Los Angeles police said after questioning Murray that they do not consider him a suspect. Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times the meeting revealed “no red flag” of criminal activity.
The Jackson family holed up in their L.A. compound making plans for a funeral that could take place on Wednesday, possibly at the Neverland estate in central California, family friend Stacy Brown said.
Brown told Reuters that a family source said Jackson had received an injection of the narcotic painkiller Demerol shortly before paramedics were called to the mansion
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