Powerful Sedative Found In Jackson’s Home
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Diprivan, a powerful sedative, has been found in the home where Michael Jackson suffered a fatal cardiac arrest, a US law enforcement official has said.
17,500 tickets will be available to fans wanting to go to the Jackson memorial
The drug is an intravenous anesthetic widely used in hospitals to induce unconsciousness in patients before operations.
It is also administered to terminally ill patients who are in pain or who have just days to live.
Other prescription drugs have been found in Jackson‘s Holmby Hills home since the star’s death on June 25.
Officials have previously said they think the singer was addicted to the pain killers Demerol and OxyContin.
They also revealed the singer received an injection of Demerol shortly before he died.
Meanwhile, it has been announced that 17,500 tickets will be on offer to fans who want to pay their respects at Jackson’s public memorial.
The event will take place on Tuesday next week at 10am local time at Los Angeles’ Staples Centre.
Tim Leiweke, president, CEO of AEG Live, which owns the Staples Centre and was Jackson’s promoter, said fans will have to enter a draw to be randomly selected.
He also said the memorial will be broadcast to fans around the world.
It has also emerged that AEG took out a $17.5m (£10.7m) insurance policy in the event of Jackson’s 50 London concerts falling through.
TMZ.com said AEG’s chief executive Randy Phillips revealed the policy covered an overdose but not death from natural causes.
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