Michael Jackson dead at 50

[million$$man]

Michael Jackson Suffers

Heart Attack

TMZ.com First Reported Jackson Health

Emergency

Updated: Thursday, 25 Jun 2009, 3:57 PM CDT

Published : Thursday, 25 Jun 2009, 3:47 PM CDT

DOUG DELONY

LOS ANGELES - The website TMZ says Michael Jackson has suffered cardiac arrest and was rushed to the hospital on Thursday afternoon.

TMZ says Jackson was loaded into an ambulance just after 2 p.m. Central time., and his mother was to meet him at the hospital.

Paramedics were seen performing CPR on the singer, who suffered the heart attack at his home on Los Angeles.

For more on this story, visit TMZ.com

Edited June 26, 2009 by GoGolina Love

[METALMAN]

How's Michael Jackson though?

edit: Unlucky time for him at the moment actually. Poor dear was dying from skin cancer a couple of weeks ago.

Edited June 25, 2009 by metalman

[Skummy]

Did he fuck. He's been looking for a way out of having to perform in London since the gigs were announced, reportedly hadn't showed up to any of the rehearsals, everyone had to be expecting something like this.

[Gene Kiniski]

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.

He was picked up at his home around 20 minutes ago -- we're told his mother is on the way to visit him.

UPDATE: The 911 call came in at 12:21PM at his Holmby Hills home in L.A.

UPDATE: A Jackson family member tells TMZ Michael is in "really bad shape" and the brothers are headed to UCLA.

UPDATE: We just got off the phone with Joe Jackson, Michael's dad, who says "he is not doing well."

TMZ.com

[Bigal]

...Fuck.

My tickets are rapidly losing their value.

[Emperor DC]

I'm glad I did not buy tickets to the o2 arena, despite being offered some.

But in all seriousness, never good to see any celebrity in this way, or any person indeed. This would be shocking if he did die though, he's without a doubt the biggest pop star ever to live.

Now they're saying he is being operated on and he maybe even died at one point.

Meh.

[The Kraig]

Sounds he's dead to behonest. You don't do CPR unless someone isn't breathing. The fact his own father said he's 'not doing well' and the medical staff are negative as well about it.

I'm surprised they can't just re-build him.

[EddieG]

Why is this in Movies & TV by the way?

But shit, bad news.

He obviously really hasn't been doing much lately, but music wouldn't be what it is today if it wasn't for "Wacko Jacko"

[Skummy]

I'm prepared to eat my words, but a few months back a doctor was claiming Jacko had "skin cancer", to try and get him out of playing the O2 - and it's not like he doesn't have a history of pulling elaborate stunts to avoid playing live, and he's certainly not above this.

[Herr Matzat]

:-(

[The Kraig]

Holy shit. He is dead.

According to TMZ anyways.

Edited June 25, 2009 by The Kraig

[JoeMimic]

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.

Story developing...

No it's not a joke. RIP Thriller.

[ThePhenom07]

Yeah, SKY News in the UK is saying that Jacko is dead. RIP.

[Gene Kiniski]

I'm sure this can be merged with the developing thread in Movies & T.V. (vice versa).

Can't say I was a fan, but rest in peace.

[million$$man]

Holy shit. He is dead.

According to TMZ anyways.

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 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.

Story developing...

[EddieG]

Source?

[Johnny Latino Heat]

I'm not a great fan of the guy, but I'd be an idiot if I didn't recognize he had a great impact on the music industry.

RIP.

[Kobra]

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Showbiz-N...ccording_To_TMZ

[naiwf]

Wow, that's crazy.

[million$$man]

Mods:

Please merge this with the RIP thread in the music section....I accidently put this in the wrong section....thanks