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Oxygen Tank Michael Jackson Was Using Day He Died Was Empty

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Oct. 5 2011, Published 2:00 p.m. ET

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By Jen Heger

Breaking Celebrity News Legal Editor

The oxygen tank Michael Jackson was using on the morning he died was empty, Breaking Celebrity News is exclusively reporting.

"There was absolutely no oxygen in the tank when it was tested by law enforcement personnel. Who knows how long Michael had been without oxygen. For Michael Jackson to have been given Propofol outside of a hospital setting is absolutely egregious, but then compound it with the fact the tank was empty, and it's beyond negligence. Michael wasn't properly being monitored, period. He should be alive," a source close to the situation tells Breaking Celebrity News.

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Dr. Conrad Murray has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the King of Pop's death. Dr. Murray has admitted to giving Jackson the powerful anesthetic Propofol, but denies that he administered the fatal dose that killed his former superstar patient.

On Wednesday, Deputy District Attorney David Walgren questioned Los Angeles County Coroner investigator Elissa Fleak about the