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I agree that Jackson is the bigger celebrity, but Cobain's death was more startling because he was at the height of his fame. Jackson has been hidden for a couple years now
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TMZ is full of bull**** though....
Let's hope it he's still alive
More people are going to feel sorry for Jackson for dying from natural causes than Cobain blowing his head off.
sad but so true.
CNN Says he was revived.....
(CNN) -- Entertainer Michael Jackson was taken to a hospital on Thursday after
suffering cardiac arrest, sources briefed on the situation told CNN.
Paramedics revived Jackson before taking him to the hospital.
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, the spokesman said he could not discuss them because of federal privacy laws.
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The music icon from Gary, Indiana, was known as the "King of Pop."
Jackson was the seventh of nine children in a well-known musical family.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Musi...tml#cnnSTCText
LA Times. (Time of day PST)
Michael Jackson is in a coma [Updated]
[Updated at 2:46 p.m.: Pop star Michael Jackson is in a coma and his family is arriving at his bedside, a law enforcement source told The Times.
Jackson was rushed to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center this afternoon by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics.
Fire Capt. Steve Ruda said paramedics responded to a call at Jackson's home at 12:26 p.m. He was not breathing when they arrived. The paramedics performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation and took him to the hospital, Ruda told The Times.]
[Updated at 2:12 p.m.: Paramedics were called to a home in the 100 block of Carolwood Drive off Sunset Boulevard. Jackson rented the Bel-Air home for $100,000 a month. It was described as a French chateau estate built in 2002 with seven bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, 12 fireplaces and a theater.
The home is about 2 1/2 miles, about a six-minute drive, from UCLA Medical Center. An earlier version of this post incorrectly described the time to travel between the home and hospital as two minutes.]
The news comes as Jackson, 50, was attempting a comeback after years of tabloid headlines, most notably his trial and acquittal on child molestation charges.
In May, The Times reported that Jackson had rented the Bel Air residence and was rehearsing for a series of 50 sold-out shows in London's O2 Arena. Jackson had won the backing of two billionaires to get the so-called "King of Pop" back on stage.
His backers envision the shows at AEG's O2 as an audition for a career rebirth that could ultimately encompass a three-year world tour, a new album, movies, a Graceland-like museum, musical revues in Las Vegas and Macau, and even a "Thriller" casino. Such a rebound could wipe out Jackson's massive debt.
--Andrew Blankstein and Phil Willon
TMZ supposedly just retracted....
I hope TMZ is wrong. I hate that Levine asshole
No take backs. Not breathing = dead. This is one draft day trade that I refuse to allow to be rescinded.
Not on my TMZ
http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/25/michae...ardiac-arrest/ It does look like it.
I'm just going by what I'm hearing, I heard on the radio that TMZ took it back.
LA times
Michael Jackson dead [Updated]
2:06 PM | June 25, 2009
[Updated at 3:15 p.m.: Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced dead by doctors this afternoon after arriving at a hospital in a deep coma, city and law enforcement sources told The Times.
[Updated at 2:46 p.m.: Jackson is in a coma and family have are arriving at his bedside, a law enforcement source told The Times.
Jackson was rushed to a hospital this afternoon by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics.
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.
[Updated at 2:12 p.m.: Paramedics were called to a home on the 100 block of Carolwood Drive off Sunset Boulevard. Jackson rented the Bel Air home for $100,000 a month. It was described as a French chateau estate built in 2002 with seven bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, 12 fireplaces and a theater.
The home is about 2 1/2 miles, about a six-minute drive, from UCLA Medical Center. An earlier version of this post incorrectly described the time to travel between the home and hospital as two minutes.]
The news comes as Jackson, 50, was attempting a comeback after years of tabloid headlines, most notably his trial and acquittal on child molestation charges.
In May, The Times reported that Jackson had rented the Bel Air residence and was rehearsing for a series of 50 sold-out shows in London's O2 Arena. Jackson had won the backing of two billionaires to get the so-called "King of Pop" back on stage.
His backers envision the shows at AEG's O2 as an audition for a career rebirth that could ultimately encompass a three-year world tour, a new album, movies, a Graceland-like museum, musical revues in Las Vegas and Macau, and even a "Thriller" casino. Such a rebound could wipe out Jackson's massive debt.
--Andrew Blankstein and Phil Willon
Overdosing on sleeping pills in not dying of natural causes.
Suicide is suicide, with pills or with a shotgun
TMZ oughtta be blown up to high heaven if they reported him dead and now have to put their tails between their legs and retract.
Very CBS news esque.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...teve-ruda.html - LA times confirmed he's dead.
I don't know why, but I somewhat believe TMZ because they probably have someone in the hospital they are paying off, while CNN is waiting on official word which won't come until they let the family come to the hospital. It would be in poor taste to notify the media before the family. That is why I think TMZ, as sleezy as they are, might be right on this one.
MSNBC is saying he is dead now
It's not the first time TMZ has gotten a story wrong. I wish I could remember when it was, but it was some big story.
Damn.
This is huge. For a couple of years MJ was THE MJ. The biggest name on the planet.
There had never been anything before like the Thriller LP when it came out, in terms of the combination of both hype AND quality. I remember being in a club when they threw on "Billie Jean" the first time. The whole place just went silent for a few seconds, then went nuts.
this is definitely a 'where were you when...' moment
CNN says LA Times and CBS have confirmed the death.
Where does it say it was an overdose?
It doesn't that I have seen.
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