VIDEO : Coroner: Keith Emerson's Death Has Been Ruled a Suicide

Los Angeles - A coroner's official says the death of keyboardist Keith Emerson, co-founder of the seminal progressive rock group Emerson, Lake and Palmer, has been ruled a suicide. Los Angeles coroner's spokesperson Ed Winter said on Tuesday the determination was made after an autopsy showed Emerson shot himself in the head. Emerson's body was found early on Friday by his longtime partner. Emerson, drummer Carl Palmer and vocalist/guitarist Greg Lake were giants of progressive rock in the 1970s, recording six platinum-selling albums.