Michael Jackson Is Dead

[inthisglass]

LA Times: Michael Jackson dies in LA hospital

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY and DERRIK J. LANG | Associated Press Writers

6:07 PM CDT, June 25, 2009

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted "King of Pop" who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world's most influential singer and dancer before his life and career deteriorated in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. He was 50.

The person said Jackson died in a Los Angeles hospital. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.

The circumstances of his death were not immediately clear. Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m., Capt. Steve Ruda told the Los Angeles Times. The paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda told the newspaper.

Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.

[inthisglass]

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21...783-948,00.html

[Neuroglider]

yeah i just heard.... he lived quite a colourful life!

kinda sad though :S

[Stinky Rooster]

does this mean I can finaly admit to seeing him live?

Despite all the other sensationalist crap, the world has lost a true musical genius

[Dani Boi]

May the legend rest in peace.

[Passive]

Wow wasnt expecting that!!! He wasa musical genius but he just turned into a bit of a freak at the end

[Stinky Rooster]

... he just turned into a bit of a freak at the end

[dayno]

R.I.P MJ

[Topaz]

RIP MJ.

He gave us Dirty Diana and 2 fat men riding mini motorbikes

Edited June 26, 2009 by Topaz

[Niksmo]

R.I.P MJ

[syfon]

He was an awesome singer! Ima go put some MJ on now hahaa

[Passive]

I was trying to say it as politely as possible

[Dani Boi]

My email has started to flood with bad taste jokes about this

[Dorigecko]

my phone inbox has too.

something about him dying of a stroke in a childrens hospital...

[ossie_21]

RIP MJ (if confirmed, like)

His agent has cancelled what were his upcoming dates already.

Were meant to be James (aged 9), and David (Aged 11)

[Char]

he was pop king, had a strange life -as you would being in the music industry since you where a child.

made some classic songs which will rock parties for a long time.

[-Dukes-]

So close to a come back too,

[zerotohundred]

I grew up listening to him, he changed the world with his music. It's a very sad day. May he have finally found peace in neverland

[SHANE666]

R.I.P MJ.

He was bigger than life. His music is timeless. His legacy is timeless. He is timeless.

Bigger than The Beatles. Bigger than Elvis Presley. As big as they will ever come.

[BANGN]

I am glad ther are people out there who still respect him and his memory, too many people making his memory out to be a joke..

RIP MJ, your music will go on forever.. you rocked my world