TMZ reports Michael Jackson dead
4:27 PM Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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UPDATE: From TMZ:
We've just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50.
Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon and paramedics were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.
Michael is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II.
Jackson had 13 number one hits during his solo career.
UPDATE: This LA Times story reports "Capt. Steve Ruda said paramedics responded to a call at Jackson's home around 12:26 p.m. He was not breathing when they arrived. The parademics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda told The Times."
TMZ.com reports that King of Pop Michael Jackson has been taken to a Los Angeles hospital in an ambulance.
"We've just learned Michael Jackson was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Los Angeles ... and we're told it was cardiac arrest and that paramedics administered CPR in the ambulance ... and it's looking bad. The 911 call came in at 12:21PM at his Holmby Hills home in L.A. ... A Jackson family member tells TMZ Michael is in "really bad shape" and the brothers are headed to UCLA. ... We just got off the phone with Joe Jackson, Michael's dad, who says "he is not doing well."
CNN is saying he was rushed to the hospital, not dead. MSNBC is reporting he has been rushed to the hospital, as well. Fox News is reporting he is dead.