Michael Jackson 'still dead'

[6souls]

Pop star Michael Jackson has been taken to a Los Angeles medical centre, US media say.

Local broadcaster KABC has said the 50-year-old singer was taken by ambulance to the UCLA Medical Center.

The Los Angeles Times has reported he was not breathing when paramedics arrived at his home.

The paramedics performed CPR and took him to the medical centre, the newspaper says. No further details were available.

The star was due to begin a series of comeback concerts with an appearance at London's O2 arena on 13 July.

He has a history of health problems and has not completed a concert tour in 12 years.

BBC NEWS | Americas | Michael Jackson 'in LA hospital'

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.

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Michael Jackson Dies | TMZ.com

[Rockstaru]

Drudge is reporting that he died (linked to TMZ.)

[Qalbert]

a bunch of lil white kids did it

[raginbull]

I am utterly stunned. Just lost for words here.

[Davricle]

Officially declared dead.

[ZarakiKujata]

So is it safe to let your children sleep in a bed with middle aged men for money again?

[Selamis]

2009 strikes again.....Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and now the King of Pop?

[fren.]

Radio says his death is confirmed. The fuck.

[Insanecyclone]

Did not see that coming not now anyway

[Akiyama]

oh wow...

[Vade]

RIP

[Plow]

Wow... poor guy... that's just depressing as hell.

[Yuri-G]

holy shit... this is unbelievable. I mean, it's not like he was healthy, but... molester or not, he was a legend, one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) pop culture fixtures of the past twenty years.

[kuronosan]

No fucking way....

[Obev]

Must resist urge to make Thriller jokes.

One the one hand this sucks, on the other it's another dead creepy white paedophile. Wish I could separate the music from the weirdness.

[Insanecyclone]

Hate him still or not 2009 is going to be worse than 2008 I call it now

[Griselda]

I'm just stunned... I always viewed him as a fragile being but I would have never expected this, at least not at age 50.

[rezn0r]

NOT FUCKIN COOL

[Ragnell]

Refuse to believe it until CNN.com says so

brb going in denial

[zoobernut]

Has anyone other than TMZ reported him dead? Everywhere else I looked says his condition is unknown due to privacy laws.