Pop Icon Michael Jackson Dead At Age 50
Update:
Multiple sources have confirmed Michael Jackson has died of a cardiac arrest at the age of 50. Right now we aren’t sure what exactly led to Michael’s heart attack, but he has suffered from ill health and chronic disease for over a decade, as well as, very public trials which must have led to a tremendous amount of stress.
Here’s what CNN is reporting:
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, California, 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 had many No. 1 hits and his “Thriller” is the best-selling album of all time. Video Jackson “as big as it gets” ยป
Jackson is the seventh of nine children in a well-known musical family. He has three children, Prince Michael I, Paris and Prince Michael II.
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.
A large crowd was also gathering outside the hospital, according to video footage.
Outside Jackson’s Bel Air home, police arrived on motorcycles. The road in front of the home was closed in an attempt to hold traffic back, but several people were gathered outside the home.
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Reports are coming in about an emergency call to the home of Michael Jackson stating someone was having a cardiac arrest. TMZ is reporting Michael Jackson has died, though no other media reports are stating that at this time.
We will keep you posted as we learn more. WOW, just wow. Maybe he was as sick as writer and blogger Ian Halperin suggested.
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Pingback by Celebrity Blog | Babelogs | Celebrity Gossip » Blog Archive » Pop Icon Michael Jackson Rushed To Hospital, May Be Dead — June 26, 2009 @ 3:32 am
michael jackson should be on the gennuise book of record for the talents he showed.he is the king of pop and the best there ever was he should not be forgotten.
Comment by christe — June 26, 2009 @ 11:54 am
So amazingly talented, but such a tragic life.
I was surprised at how saddened I felt at hearing of his death.
Comment by Rachel — June 26, 2009 @ 7:48 pm
So how do you feel about his death, Dawn? Judging by some of your writing–which I came across in one of my findings during a google search on MJ articles, you seemed to be quite an expert on Michael Jackson.
Comment by Del. O. — June 27, 2009 @ 5:37 am
Yeah Del, the fact that he’s dead doesn’t change the fact that he was a lunatic paedophile drug addict. Debbie Rowe is worse than him because she sold her babies to a lunatic paedo drug addict. Which, as far as parenting goes, is a bit shit.
I hate these faux orgies of grief we have these days. Grieving when someone famous dies It’s become something like a theme park ride since Diana died, it’s a recreational activity. People get a vicarous thrill out of it but two weeks later they don’t care. And they would probably never even bother crossing the road if it happened to their neighbour.
Okay Madge is banging on about him but would she let him babysit?
Just because Dawn wrote stuff anbout him while he was alive that was critical doesn’t mean that now he’s dead it’s untrue. (We’re all going to die you know, whether we are good or bad). Dying doesn’t make you a good person.
Anyway, next time I come on here I will be back to bitching about Dawn anyway. But on this point she is right.
Comment by Sally — July 4, 2009 @ 2:34 pm
Thanks Sally, glad to know you will be back
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Del, I am hardly an expert, I just know what I know and base my opinions from there. Still not sold on “what” exactly he did with young boys, could be a matter of extorting a rich person — if you read the court documents they are plenty damaging of the accusers as well. That said, I would NOT let him babysit my kids and I was over the “orgy of grief” three days after he died.
MJ may have been an entertaining icon to many, but he’s no Kurt Cobain, Paul Newman or Jimi Hendrix in my book. I am personally SICK of hearing about it, because the media is full of shit. If he were alive they’d be taking craps on him everyday, so yeah, enough with the hypocrisy already.
I was MUCH sadder when Princess Diana died, that was genuinely depressing. And when Kurt Cobain died, I actually spiraled into a pretty dark place for a while. Then again, I loved Nirvana, saw Kurt in concert shortly before he died, and they worst thing he ever did was dull his pain with drugs — no accusations of being a bad guy.
So there you have it, my opinion. Time to move from Michael Jackson, more a controversial figure than the world’s greatest entertainer.
Comment by D — July 8, 2009 @ 11:40 am