Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office chief medical examiner Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran is conducting the autopsy along with an assistant pathologist. Results can be expected within the next few hours “depending on what the doctors need to do and how fast they work.” When Michael Jackson’s autopsy is completed, his body will be released to his family. The spokesman for the coroner’s office said he had no knowledge whether or not... 

Back in December, I asked, Celebrity Morgue – Creepy or Cool?. Whatever your answer, a bunch of you have visited the Celebrity Morgue and have gone back for more. As have I. Most all death (but more so celebrity death) is fascinating to humans. It’s so hard to really grasp the concept because there’s no solid evidence of what actually happens to a person once they die. One minute you’re alive and your picture is on... 

I’ve always been a bit of a morbid person – reading Emily Dickinson, writing depressing poems, reading about serial killers, etc. – so when I happened upon the Celebrity Morgue, I was intrigued. But now I don’t know how I feel about it. Perhaps I’m not as morbid as I thought. For those who don’t know, the Celebrity Morgue website has actual pictures of dead celebrities and other historical figures, including Marilyn Monroe, Edgar...