Post by CJ.GFX on Jun 25, 2009 17:49:05 GMT -5
The pop giant was pronounced dead by doctors after arriving at UCLA hospital in Los Angeles in a deep coma, city and law enforcement sources reportedly told The LA Times.
Jackson, 50, suffered a cardiac arrest just after 12.00pm local time (19.00pm GMT) and paramedics were unable to revive him a cardiologist told entertainment website TMZ.com.
Paramedics arrived at his house to find him not breathing. He was given CPR as the ambulance to hospital, a fire department captain told the LA Times newspaper.
Michael Jackson appears at 02 arena to announce gigs
Michael Jackson
Steve Hargrave, Sky's entertainment correspondent, said: "TMZ is a website which goes out of its way to get there first but many of their stories over the years have turned out to be true - particularly with stories from LA.
"You can only imagine the impact of this around the world."
Jackson had been about to embark on a comeback, performing 50 concerts at London's O2 Arena.
He has led a life that was heading for tragedy.
Phil Sutcliffe, Mojo Magazine
The concerts had been due to start on July 13 and Jackson had been rehearsing in the LA for the London shows, which sold out within hours of going on sale in March.
Hargrave said: "We can't underestimate the effect this will have on Michael Jackson fans who have loved his music and career.
"They would have been assuming that in about three weeks time their idol would have been back on the stage perfoming his greatest hits. To suddenly find out this news will be devastating.
Phil Sutcliffe, from Mojo Magazine said: "He had the extraordinary effrontery to call himself the King of Pop, but that's actually what he was, and for a long, long time."
"He has led a life that was heading for tragedy.
"Down the years he has always been a fragile person while being an athletic marvel as a dancer. That's what made him a complete entertainer. And yet he was a stick of a man."
Fans are arriving outside the hospital.
Jackson, 50, suffered a cardiac arrest just after 12.00pm local time (19.00pm GMT) and paramedics were unable to revive him a cardiologist told entertainment website TMZ.com.
Paramedics arrived at his house to find him not breathing. He was given CPR as the ambulance to hospital, a fire department captain told the LA Times newspaper.
Michael Jackson appears at 02 arena to announce gigs
Michael Jackson
Steve Hargrave, Sky's entertainment correspondent, said: "TMZ is a website which goes out of its way to get there first but many of their stories over the years have turned out to be true - particularly with stories from LA.
"You can only imagine the impact of this around the world."
Jackson had been about to embark on a comeback, performing 50 concerts at London's O2 Arena.
He has led a life that was heading for tragedy.
Phil Sutcliffe, Mojo Magazine
The concerts had been due to start on July 13 and Jackson had been rehearsing in the LA for the London shows, which sold out within hours of going on sale in March.
Hargrave said: "We can't underestimate the effect this will have on Michael Jackson fans who have loved his music and career.
"They would have been assuming that in about three weeks time their idol would have been back on the stage perfoming his greatest hits. To suddenly find out this news will be devastating.
Phil Sutcliffe, from Mojo Magazine said: "He had the extraordinary effrontery to call himself the King of Pop, but that's actually what he was, and for a long, long time."
"He has led a life that was heading for tragedy.
"Down the years he has always been a fragile person while being an athletic marvel as a dancer. That's what made him a complete entertainer. And yet he was a stick of a man."
Fans are arriving outside the hospital.
