kamui Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Michael Jackson Dies Posted Jun 25th 2009 5:20PM by TMZ Staff We've just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50. Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back. A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived. Once at the hospital, the staff tried to resuscitate him but he was completely unresponsive. We're told one of the staff members at Jackson's home called 911. La Toya ran in the hospital sobbing after Jackson was pronounced dead. Michael is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II. TMZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Reports: Michael Jackson Is Dead By The New York Times This post is written by Brooks Barnes in Los Angeles and Ben Sisario and Brian Stelter in New York. More Reports | 6:29 p.m. “A lot will be said about Michael Jackson as we learn more about this story,†Brian Williams said on the “NBC Nightly News.†“He was incredibly talented, a child star who was an adult with deep troubles and physical and mental health issues.†The reports of Mr. Jackson’s death ricocheted around the world with remarkable speed. The news led Friday morning newscasts in Japan. CBS and ABC are also reporting the news, standing on their own reporting now. L.A. Times Reports Jackson Is Dead | 6:24 p.m. The newspaper cited “city and law enforcement sources.†The networks and CNN are also broadcasting the news, citing the Times story. Reports: Jackson in a Coma | 6:15 p.m. Several news organizations including the Los Angeles Times reported that Mr. Jackson “is in a coma.†The newspaper attributed the news to one law enforcement source. CNN is also citing “multiple sources†as saying that Mr. Jackson is in a coma. Update | 6:11 p.m. LOS ANGELES – An unconscious Michael Jackson was rushed to UCLA Medical Center on Thursday afternoon by paramedics who performed C.P.R., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Early reports indicated cardiac arrest, but a hospital spokeswoman was not immediately available for comment. Mr. Jackson, 50, has been renting a mansion in the Bel Air neighborhood, a short distance from the hospital, and rehearsing for a series of 50 sold-out shows in London. Joe Jackson told to E! News, an entertainment Web site and cable channel, that the singer’s family was scrambling to determine his condition. “I am in Las Vegas, but yes, people in Los Angeles called me and are with Michael and tell me he was taken to the hospital,†Mr. Jackson told E! News. “His mother is on her way to the hospital now to check in on him.†Mr. Jackson is scheduled to perform in a series concerts in at the O2 arena London, beginning next month and continuing into 2010. The shows have been widely seen in the music industry as an important potential comeback for him, with the potential to earn him up to $50 million, according to some reports. But there has also been worry and speculation that Mr. Jackson, who is 50, was not physically ready for such an arduous run of concerts, and Mr. Jackson’s postponement of the first of those shows from July 8 to July 12 fueled new rounds of gossip about his health. A member of the pop group the Jackson 5 as a child, Mr. Jackson was a pint-size musical dynamo. He spent years in talent shows and performing in seedy Midwestern clubs under the aegis of Joe Jackson, his dictatorial and ambitious father. Joe Jackson and Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown Records, were the singer’s twin mentors during the early career. Mr. Jackson eventually broke with his father and the Jackson 5, a move toward creative and financial independence marked by his collaborations with Quincy Jones on a trio of albums. The most memorable of those is 1982’s “Thriller,†which eventually racked up sales of 51 million copies globally, according to the Guinness World Records, making it the best-selling album in history. A spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department told CNN said rescuers were called to Mr. Jackson’s home at 12:21 p.m. Pacific. “When paramedics went on the scene, they treated the patient, then they immediately transported the patient to UCLA,†the spokesman told CNN. Mr. Jackson’s home is located only a few minutes from the hospital center. Cable news channels almost immediately started showing paparazzi shots from TMZ, X17Online.com and Hollywood.TV of Mr. Jackson’s entourage arriving at the hospital. By mid-afternoon, television news helicopters were hovering above the medical center. Entertainment news Web sites including EOnline.com and PerezHilton.com appeared to be loading more slowly than usual, or not loading at all, an indication of the intense interest in Mr. Jackson’s hospitalization. NYT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 A great entertainer ..will be sadly missed by all his fans..thanks for the memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooNoi Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Gonna be the biggest celebrity story of 2009 - will be hard to top that!! Wonder what the underlying cause was... 50 is very young these days to have a fatal heart attack! But with Wacko Jacko, who knows what his diet or personal habits were like? Surprising news though, all the same. Who's going to look after Bubbles the Chimp now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 A whole family of very talented ... very strange people. Michael seemed to think he was't going to live to get old. I've enjoyed much of his music. p.s. Wonder who the father of "his" children really was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh_Hoy Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Probably more of his music will sell in the next month than in the last 10 years. Wonder if any of the go-go's will pay tribute tonight with "Billie Jean" and "Thriller"? (Might have to hit one of the dreaded "coyote" dancing joints on SC for that. At least those girls can dance.) HH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 A true talented person. Amazing voice and dance. I can still watch the video/song Thriller in wonderment. Street rumor has it that when he had the accident on stage - where the hair caught on fire - he became addicted to pain medicines. And it was down hill from there. His death certificate may state he died of a heart attack. But we may never know what herbs and medicines he was taking. But best to let him rest in peace. Another story is attributed to Madona. Years ago, after the Academy Awards, Michael invited Madona to his home. They both got naked. And nothing happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 He was born in the slums of Gary, Indiana and went on to "have it all" and then to crash and burn in a very strange life style. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 << An Emergency Room source at UCLA hospital said Jackson aides told medics he had collapsed after an injection of potent Demerol  similar to morphine. A Jacko source said: “Shortly after taking the Demerol he started to experience slow shallow breathing. “His breathing gradually got slower and slower until it stopped. “His staff started mouth-to-mouth and an ambulance was called which got there in eight minutes but found he was in full respiratory arrest, no breathing and no pulse. They started full CPR and rushed him to hospital. “When he arrived they started resuscitation, giving him heart shocks and inserted a breathing tube and other supportive measures to try and save his life. “He never regained consciousness.The family was told that he had passed.†>> http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2501914/Michael-Jacksons-last-moments.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tartempion Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 50 is very young these days to have a fatal heart attack! Wrong, I know quite a few acquaintances who left us in similar conditions and less than 50. And wasn't he a peadophile??? Garry Glitter got chastised for that and Michael Jackson gets praised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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