Michael Jackson...DEAD at age 50 (no this is NOT a joke. Confirmed w/CNN Headline News)

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Multiple reports: Michael Jackson dies at 50

 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/25/michael.jackson/index.html

 

(CNN) -- Entertainer Michael Jackson has died after being taken to a hospital on Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest, according to multiple reports including the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press. CNN has not confirmed his death.

Jackson, 50, had been in a coma at the hospital, sources told CNN.

Brian Oxman, a Jackson family attorney, said he was told by brother Randy Jackson that Michael Jackson collapsed at his home in west Los Angeles Thursday morning.

Family members were told of the situation and were either at the hospital or en route, Oxman said.

Fire Capt. Steve Ruda told CNN a 911 call came in from a west Los Angeles residence at 12:21 p.m.

Ruda said Jackson was treated and transferred to the UCLA Medical Center.

Asked specifics of the patient's condition, he said he could not discuss them because of federal privacy laws.

The music icon from Gary, Indiana, is known as the "King of Pop."

Jackson is the seventh of nine children in a well-known musical family.

At the medical center, every entrance to the emergency room was blocked by security guards. Even hospital staffers were not permitted to enter. A few people stood inside the waiting area, some of them crying.

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CNN's Alan Duke contributed to this report.

[Mama0f3grlz]

Jun. 25, 2009 at 6:45 PM

No matter what kind of man he was, he had small children and he had a family so that makes me sad for them. Prayers going up for his family at this time of sadness.

[pr0udm0m_0f_3]

Jun. 25, 2009 at 7:09 PM

While I loved him (and had a once upon a time crush on him) in the 80's and first part of the 90's, he waned on me.

I think that what sent him spiraling down was all that plastic surgery. Then the legal troubles.

No wonder the guy died at an "early" (by our standards) age.

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[Mama0f3grlz]

Jun. 25, 2009 at 8:15 PM

"Lt. Fred Corral, the Los Angeles County Coroner said Jackson was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. Thursday."

So CNN is confirming it now, the highlights no longer say "story in progress, please stay tuned". It's official. So sad for his family and his children and all of his many fans. He was indeed a very talented man.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/25/michael.jackson/index.html