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FACTBOX: Michael Jackson timeline since Thursday

Sat Jun 27, 2009 7:23pm EDT

(Reuters) - Following is a timeline of key events since Michael Jackson lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital in Los Angeles on Thursday.

THURSDAY, JUNE 25

11:30 a.m. (1430 EDT/1830 GMT) - Jackson reportedly received his daily shot of Demerol -- an narcotic painkiller -- at his rental home in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. He goes into cardiac arrest about 30 minutes later.

12:21 p.m. (1521 EDT/1921 GMT) - An unidentified man makes a 911 emergency call from the house, saying Jackson is unconscious and not breathing. Paramedics arrive a few minutes later, and treat him for 42 minutes. He is rushed to the nearby Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

2:26 p.m. (1726 EDT/2126 GMT) - Jackson is pronounced dead at the hospital. His body is flown by helicopter to the Los Angeles County Coroner's office, about 17 miles away near downtown Los Angeles.

4:35 p.m. (1935 EDT/2335 GMT) - The Los Angeles County Coroner confirms Jackson's death.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26

2:20 p.m. (1720 EDT/2120 GMT) - The Los Angeles County Coroner says an autopsy did not reveal any signs of foul play or external trauma, and orders toxicology tests that could take up to six weeks to complete.

9:30 p.m. (0030 EDT Saturday/0430 GMT) - Jackson's body is released to his family.

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

11:47 a.m. (1447 EDT/1847 GMT) - Celebrity gossip news site TMZ.com reports that Jackson's family has requested a second autopsy.

4 p.m. (1900 EDT/2300 GMT) - The celebrity website TMZ.com reports that a second autopsy is underway at an undisclosed location in Los Angeles, on the orders of the Jackson family.

(Reporting by Dean Goodman; editing by Dan Whitcomb)

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