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No Charges Filed In Probe Of Other Jackson Doctors
By Bob Hudson
Jul 29, 2010 - 10:50:14 AM

Authorities announced on Wednesday, a year and one month from the date he died of cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles, that investigators into Michael Jackson's death have decided not to file charges against seven doctors who treated him. Or is that MIS-treated him. The doctors were part of an investigation by state Attorney General Brown's Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement. One doctor, whose name was not released, will now be investigated by the California Medical Board for prescribing drugs to a Jackson alias.

Authorities told the Associated Press that Jackson's personal doctor, Conrad Murray, provided him with a cornucopia of sedatives, including the anesthetic that killed him. Dr. Murray pled not guilty to felony involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death. Murray was not among the seven doctors involved in the state investigation. Los Angeles police who investigated the death had asked state and federal investigators to look into the prescribing practices of doctors who previously treated the 50-year-old pop star.

The federal Drug Enforcement Agency has also stopped investigating the actions of any other Jackson doctors. Attorney Brian Oxman, who represents Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson in a wrongful death lawsuit against Murray, says "I’m very disappointed. The misuse of medications by Michael Jackson in the last years of his life was excessive and to fail to bring that to the public eye is ignoring reality."

It's been more than a year since the King of Pop's death at the age of 50, and the eerie similarities between his death and that of Elvis Presley, continue to mount. Elvis also died at his home at the age of 42 in August 1977, both men had weird, isolated lifestyles, and both were icons of the music industry. Elvis'  three hour autopsy, commissioned immediately after his death,  determined that his death was coronary arrhythmia, an irregular beating of the heart resulting from hypertensive heart disease. This was precipitated by his weight, lifestyle and a cocktail of drugs prescribed by Dr George Nichopoulos.

The autopsy found Morphine and Demerol, Chloropheniramine, an antihistamine, and the tranquilizers Placidyl and Vailum in his system. In addition, Codeine, Ethinamate, Quaaludes, and a barbituate or depressant that has never been identified, were found in "significant" quantities.  It has also been rumored that Diazepam, Amytal, Nembutal, Carbrital, Sinutab, Elavil, Avental, and Valmid were found in his system as well.

Despite this, fans continue to remember both Elvis and Michael fondly. To mark the one year anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death and to celebrate his life and legacy, fans jammed the sidewalks outside the Apollo Theater, where the Jackson 5 launched their stellar career. Other tributes to Jackson across the country and abroad were marked with candlelight vigils and music and dancing.