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David Carradine Died of Accidental Asphyxiation

Originally posted 07/02/2009 03:40PM

More details about David Carradine's death are coming to light.

The actor died from accidental asphyxiation, a medical examiner who performed a private autopsy on the actor has concluded. "The cause of death was asphyxiation, an inability to breathe, now why that happened is still what we're working on," Dr. Michael Baden, who was hired by the late actor's family, told Reuters.

The ties that bound Carradine, who was found hanging in the closet of his Bangkok hotel on June 4, helped Baden rule out suicide as well. "He didn't die of natural causes, and he didn't die of suicidal causes from the nature of the ligatures around the body, so that leaves some kind of accidental death," he said.

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Tributes

Obama Calls Michael Jackson Great – and Tragic

Originally posted 07/02/2009 01:55PM

A week after Michael Jackson's sudden and shocking death, President Obama has finally offered his thoughts, saying the pop icon will "go down in history as one of our greatest entertainers."

"I grew up on his music," said Obama, who, at 47, is three years younger than Jackson. "I still have all his stuff on my iPod."

But the president added in an interview Thursday with the Associated Press that he also felt that Jackson lived a "tragic and in many ways sad personal life."

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Neil Patrick Harris May Host the Emmys

Originally posted 07/02/2009 12:00PM

Playing host seems to agree with Neil Patrick Harris. After last year's Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and the June Tonys, the star of How I Met Your Mother is in talks to host the Emmys, which is set to air Sept. 20.

The actor told PEOPLE in June that he planned to emulate Jon Stewart when he hosted the Tonys, but there's no word yet on his inspirations for the 61st annual Emmy Awards.

The deal isn't sealed yet, according to the The Envelope. Stay tuned!
– Rennie Dyball

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Bachelor Jason: Molly and I Will 'Absolutely Someday' Get Married

Originally posted 07/02/2009 11:25AM

"Things are going great," Mesnick says of his five-month long-distance romance with Malaney

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Jermaine Jackson: 'The World Wasn't Ready for Michael'

Originally posted 07/02/2009 10:00AM

With tears in his eyes, Michael Jackson's older brother Jermaine described Thursday how he had learned of his brother's death on June 25.

After getting a tip from a friend, Jermaine spoke to his mother, Katherine, he told Today's Matt Lauer in an interview at his brother's Neverland ranch in Los Olivos, Calif. "She was crying, saying he was dead. And to hear my mother saying Michael is dead, to feel and hear the tone of her voice to say her child is dead ... It's nothing that anyone can ever imagine."

Jermaine said he rushed to the hospital and, after consoling his mother, went to his deceased brother's side. "I wanted to see Michael, and I wanted to see my brother, and seeing him lifeless and breathless was very emotional for me," he says.

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