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Jackson Death Certificate: Cause of Death Still Undetermined

1:25 p.m. · July 8, 2009 · by Kali Holloway

Michael Jackson's death certificate isn't likely to put to rest the rumors, debate and conjecture about what may have contributed to the singer's death, because the document simply lists Jackson's cause of death as "deferred." Although Los Angeles public health officials released the certificate yesterday, the County coroner's office is still in the process of conducting neuropathology tests to definitively determine what led to Jackson's death. Fans will also have to wait for the results of forensic toxicology tests, which are used to identify drugs in the body in cases where cause of death is unclear. Experts have stated that completion of those tests can take weeks, and possibly months. [People, Huffington Post]