Eminye imithombo ibika ukuthi uJackson wamisa ukuphefumula ngemuva komjovo olandelayo wesidakamizwa sokubulala izinzwa. Udokotela womuntu owayeseduze naye wazama ukumenza ukuphefumula okwenziwe futhi wadala i-ambulensi. Odokotela bafika ngemizuzu eyisishiyagalombili futhi baqala imisebenzi yokuvuselela kabusha. Bazama ukwethula inhliziyo yesiguli endleleni eya esibhedlela, kepha ngempumelelo. Kuzoba ne-autopsy namuhla. UMfoweth 'uJackson Jermain wathi "kulesi sikhathi esinzima somndeni sicela abezindaba ukuthi bahloniphe ilungelo lempilo yethu yangasese."
Eduze nasesibhedlela kwaqoqa amakhulu abalandeli kanye nezihlobo zabantu uMikayeli. Abantu abasakwazi ukukukholwa.
"Silahlekelwe yinxusa nenxusa langempela lomculo," kusho umculi uJustin Timberlake. I-Rapper Sean "Diddi" Ama-Combs athi uJackson wamfundisa 'ukukholwa ezimangalisweni', futhi uVelikif Gin ovela eCuges wabiza umdwebi ngokuthi "uNkulunkulu womculo". AbakwaBritney Spears, nabo babonga uJackson ngenxa 'yokuphefumlelwa ukuthi wamletha empilweni yakhe yonke.' Umqondisi wesiqeshana esijabulisayo uJohn Landis wagubha ithalente elingavamile likaJackson, engeza lokho kwakujabulela ukumazi futhi asebenze naye ndawonye. Umbusi waseCalifornia u-Arnold Schwarzenegger esitatimendeni esikhethekile wathi uziphatheke kabi ngokufa "esinye sezibalo ezinethonya futhi engokomfanekiso embonini yezomculo." Inhloko yombuso yaphawula lokho, yize impilo kaJackson yomuntu siqu '"imibuzo ebucayi", yena noshade naye nabo bonke abaseCaliforn "bashaqekile futhi badabukile ngokufa kwakhe." "Ngeke ngikwazi ukubumba izinyembezi. Umhlaba ulahlekelwe ongomunye wabahlabeleli abahle kakhulu, kepha umculo wakhe uzophila phakade. Inhliziyo yami manje inezingane zayo ezintathu namanye amalungu omndeni. UNkulunkulu ufingqa uMadonna.