Latest Michael Jackson News: Last Picture and Cause of Death Found?

News of the details from Michael Jackson’s sudden death yesterday has been flooding in.  Every newspaper has a front-page feature, every major network has run a TV special, and most of the other non-special news is also Michael Jackson-related.  The autopsy is set to begin very shortly, but it could be weeks before the results are in.

After the jump, what we know so far, plus, the last picture taken of Jackson, on his way to the emergency room:  

TMZ reported earlier that Michael Jackson typically receives a shot of Demerol – a type of morphine – every morning (he has used painkillers regularly since the famous 1984 incident in which his hair caught fire and burned his scalp while he was filming a Pepsi ad).  A family member told TMZ that yesterday morning, he was given too much.

We’re told Joe Jackson recently wanted to put Michael in a rehab facility in Palmdale, California for what he considered an “addiction” to morphine and prescription drugs.

Family members say they felt he was unable to perform for his upcoming concerts because of his drug use.

Members of the upcoming tour tell TMZ Jackson was generally lethargic and very late for rehearsals.

The doctor who lived at Jackson’s home and administered his medication to him has gone missing.

ET Online won the bidding war for Jackson’s final photo.

Source: TMZ.