Key dates after Michael Jackson's death

October 25, 2009 02:50:49 PM

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Key dates following the death of pop star Michael Jackson, whose posthumous concert film "This Is It" is released on Tuesday:

-- June 25: Michael Jackson dies at age 50 in his Los Angeles home of an apparent cardiac arrest.

-- June 26: The Los Angeles coroner says after an initial autopsy that there was "no indication... of foul play" in Jackson's death. A final ruling is deferred pending toxicology tests.

-- June 27: Jackson's family says it wants a second autopsy. The doctor who was at Jackson's home on June 25, Conrad Murray, says he is not a suspect in the death.

-- June 29: A Los Angeles court names Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, 79, temporary guardian of his three children, Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11 and Prince Michael II, 7, as well as of his estate, which includes his Neverland ranch and rights to songs by The Beatles.

-- June 30: A former nurse who cared for Jackson says the pop star pleaded with her to provide him with a powerful anesthetic in the last months of his life to help him sleep.

-- July 4: Reports surface saying investigators had found the powerful sedative propofol at Jackson's home.

-- July 7: Jackson is honored by a televised, star-studded memorial celebration in Los Angeles watched by millions around the world.

-- July 12: Jackson's sister La Toya alleges, in interviews with British newspapers, her brother was "murdered" by a "bad circle" of hangers-on.

-- July 22: Federal agents search Murray's offices in Houston, Texas, as his lawyers say police are treating the star's death as possible manslaughter.

-- July 28: Police raid Murray's Las Vegas home.

-- August 3: A Los Angeles judge names Katherine as permanent guardian of the star's three children following an agreement granting visitation rights to his ex-wife Debbie Rowe for Prince Michael and Paris.

-- August 10: The Los Angeles County coroner's office says it has completed the autopsy, but will not release the results until police complete their investigation.

-- August 24: Court documents are unsealed revealing Murray told investigators two days after Jackson's death that he had been giving him nightly propofol injections for six weeks to treat chronic insomnia.

-- August 28: Coroners rule Jackson's death a homicide, saying "acute intoxication" from propofol was the primary cause of death but that his body also contained five other powerful prescription drugs.

-- August 29: Fans around the world mark what would have been Jackson's 51st birthday.

-- September 3: Jackson is buried in a sunset service in a mausoleum at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

-- October 27: Jackson concert movie "This Is It" to be released.