The BET Awards honoured Michael Jackson on Sunday evening, one day after the King of Pop’s family sought a second autopsy for more answers. - Dressed in the singer's trademark red leather jacket and sequined glove, host Jamie Foxx sang and danced to Beat It during the opening of the ninth annual Black Entertainment Television awards show in Los Angeles, which was extended by 30 minutes to accommodate various Jackson tributes. - "No need to be sad," Foxx said. "We want to celebrate this black man. He belongs to us and we shared him with everybody." - Jackson's father Joe was also in the audience. Earlier on the red carpet, he told CNN that it has been really tough for his family, thanked fans in a prepared statement read by his publicist, and said he had concerns about the doctor who was with his son when he died. - "I can't get into it, but I don't like what happened," said Joe Jackson, who was also accompanied by the family lawyer and a business partner. - His lawyer said the family will wait for results from the second autopsy before commenting. - Earlier on Sunday, the Los Angeles Times reported on its website that a second autopsy was performed on Jackson's body on Saturday, hours after it was released to his family by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. - The coroner's office completed its own autopsy on Friday and said there was no evidence of foul play. But it deferred making a pronouncement on the cause of death until more tests are completed, which could take up to six weeks. - CBC News reporter Jennifer Westaway in Los Angeles said that the Jackson family believed a private autopsy would provide some answers more quickly about the cause of the pop star's death. - On Saturday, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who has spent time with the Jackson family since the singer's death on Thursday, asked at a news conference about the possible injection of a narcotic. -
The BET Awards honoured Michael Jackson on Sunday evening, one day after the King of Pop’s family s...