An autopsy is being conducted today of Michael Jackson's body. The LA County Coroner's office said the results of toxicology and other tests which will help determine the cause of death will not be know for a week or so. Purportedly Brian Oxman, a family lawyer, claimed that police seized bags of prescription drugs from Michael Jackson's Bel Aire mansion (a home which he rented for 100,000 dollars a month). Oxman said, "They were looking for drugs vials and syringes. I don't know if they found syringes, but there would have been a lot of drug vials. I did warn [Michael] about the drugs, but I am sorry I didn't warn him enough." He went on to say that if his death is shown to be the result of drugs he will name the names of doctors who wrote the perscriptions. He added that the Jackson family was totally devastated by Michael's death: "They couldn't even talk to one another in the hospital. It was total silence, and they were just holding one another's hands."

More than $85 million worth of tickets have already been sold for the series of performances, which have the now sadly ironic title "This Is It." As much as $30 million has already been spent on production, according to sources close to the situation. Concert business executives have estimated that AEG paid Jackson an advance of as much as $10 million. That, plus the production costs, would mean AEG stands to lose as much as $40 million if nonappearance insurance isn't substantial enough to cover this contingency.

Michael Jackson's planned 50-show run at the O2 Arena in London would have been the highest-grossing single concert engagement in history. The shows, which were to begin July 13, would have been Jackson's first solo shows in 12 years. AEG Live, which was producing and promoting them, footed the bill for what the company said was a $20 million production. Other sources say the costs before opening night were closer to $30 million. The total gross from primary ticket sales would've been about $90 million. Premium and VIP packages and secondary-market sales would have boosted the gross to more than $100 million. Merchandise sales could have brought in another $15 million.
 

AEG's yearly financial results may now depend on Jackson's cause of death. One entertainment insurance industry insider says that if Jackson died from a drug overdose or a pre-existing condition, the producer could be on the hook for any loss-which would include any money already sunk into the production, as well as the considerable cost of refunding consumers for the 750,000 tickets already purchased. If Jackson signed a contract saying he would return his advance in the event he didn't perform, the company could end up in court with a long line of other Jackson creditors. A source familiar with the situation says a traditional nonappearance policy was never written.

Michael Jackson was truly the king of pop he sold over 750 million records.

Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, with its zoo, Ferris wheel and other over-the-top amusements, was designed to create an enchanting experience for children. Michael loved children and the magical enchantment of childhood. He conquered his less than idelic childhood by enchanting the world with his magical super talented visual music.

  Michael stood by Madonna as the first musicians to produce for the new video music world of MTV. Once any modern musician saw Michael's amazing performance they felt compelled to go all out with their own music video. He launched a new world of music which survives and even thrives today in new forms from high def digital cable to the Internet. 

Neverland is his contribution to the preservation of the child in all of us, "It's like stepping into Oz," he once said of his sprawling home, named for Peter Pan's mythical island. "Once you come in the gates, the outside world does not exist."

Literally thousands of children did find an escape at the sprawling California compound. However with his celebrity status and wealth combined with his love for children yielded the product of exposure to false charges which ended up forcing him to reluctantly make settlement in effort to continue his life.

That wouldn't stop a Santa Barabara prosecutor who some years later proceeded with a poorly founded effort to prosecute Michael which ended up in Michael's victory.

Jackson moved into the 22-building, 2,500 acre estate in 1988, quickly making it one of the world's most famous celebrity homes.

The King of Pop believed his early success with the Jackson 5, under his father's domineering and abusive control, denied him the pleasures of a full childhood.

  He transformed the property into every kid's dream, with bumper cars, a movie theater, a super slide and other rides. Fun for everyone including me when I was fortunate enough to meet Michael and his brothers some years back in Santa Barbara. They were very warm and kind to me. I really had a great time I think anyone that can afford it should at least consider adding an amusement ride of some sort to their property.

Thousands of schoolchildren visited over the years, from local kids to sick youngsters from far away.

Visitors often recalled it as dreamlike and a fantasy world.

Neverland "smells like cinnamon rolls, vanilla and candy, and sounds like children laughing," Sheree Wilkins, 32, a preschool teacher from Inglewood, Calif., told USA Today in 2003.

The property - where Elizabeth Taylor married Larry Fortensky in 1991 and child actor Macaulay Caulkin was known to drop by - did strike some as bizarre.

Security was tight, the media was seldom allowed past the gates, and visitors purportedly had to sign confidentiality agreements and leave cameras at home although I was never asked to sign anything.

Jackson reportedly felt "violated" by the final raid of the Santa Barbara prosecutor's office, which occurred while his children were home, and never lived in Neverland again. Instead, he fled to Bahrain.

The pricey upkeep of the estate finally caught up with Jackson in 2007, and foreclosure proceedings began on the increasingly rundown property. Pictures surfaced of overgrown tennis courts, torn canopies over rides and stagnant water in the zoo.

Even his infamous pet monkey, Bubbles, was moved to an animal sanctuary.

On the eve of a foreclosure auction, an investment company stepped in and purchased Jackson's $23 million loan, essentially taking the estate off his hands.

At the time, Jackson said in a statement that he was "pleased" with the agreement and hoped it would allow him "to focus on the future."

Even though he hadn't lived there for several years before his death, the promise of his former estate was obviously still dear to Jackson's heart: He reportedly wanted the British home he was renting for an upcoming sold-out tour in Britain transformed into a replica of Neverland.