Pop star Michael Jackson dead, 1958-2009

Pop star Michael Jackson dead: report

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) Pop giant Michael Jackson, who took to the stage as a child star and went on to set the world dancing to the thumping rhythms of his music for decades, died Thursday, TMZ website reported. He was 50.

"We've just learned Michael Jackson has died," TMZ said.

"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," the entertainment site said.

There was no official confirmation of the reported death and spokespersons for Jackson could not be reached for comment.

Earlier, the Los Angeles Times said that the singer had been rushed to a Los Angeles-area hospital by fire department paramedics who found him not breathing when they arrived at the singer's home.

The newspaper said paramedics performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene before taking him to the UCLA Medical Center hospital.

Jackson had been due to start a series of comeback concerts in London on July 13 running until March 2010. The singer, whose hits include "Thriller" and "Billie Jean," had been rehearsing in the Los Angeles area for the past two months.

The shows for the 50 London concerts sold out within hours of going on sale in March.

Jackson started out as a child star in the band "The Jackson 5" more than 40 years ago.

He has lived as a virtual recluse since his acquittal in 2005 on charges of child molestation.

There have been concerns about Jackson's health in recent years but the promoters of the London shows, AEG Live, said in March that Jackson had passed a 4-1/2 hour physical examination with independent doctors.

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[KourtniCapree]

RIP M.J.J

[ETV101]

FUCK YOU HE WASNT GAY MOTHERFUCKER

[EatonGore]

@roevmaling and often inside a child.

[CallofdutyguyMW2]

yes dude finally someone who agress i was sooooo happy he died fuckin migger chester yaay =D

[1234gomez1234]

1 less nigger!

[ploutarxakiefi]

michael i love u...goodbye...

[markinkw33]

that video was not a GHOSTS there were other people in that house and a big light

[RealGhostsSightings]

u MIGHT NOT BELIVE THIS COMMENT BUT I HAVE VIDEOS AND PICTURES OF GHOSTS I HAVE A NEW VIDEO of MICHEAL JACKSONS GHOST

[Prentman70]

Thank You people always talkin shit but how would they feel if they had to live in a house with Joe Jackson growin up. In an interview he acted like he didnt even care about Michael, but Rest In Peace Michael Jackson I know you and James Brown are having a good time.

[roevmaling]

he wasn't gay asshole!! he just didn't experienced a childhood like other normal kids, and therefore he was still a child inside...

[ShadowSayain1]

What's wrong with you? I don't think that he was ever a pedophile. You must be one!

[xj2yzz]

Michael was a gay pedophile,he liked white little boys.He didnt like black boys,just white ones.