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2009/6/26 Boba <[email protected]>: > > > http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090625/entertainment/centertainment_us_jackson > > King of Pop Michael Jackson is dead: report > By Bob Tourtellotte > LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson, the child star turned King of Pop > who set the world dancing to exuberant rhythms for decades, died on > Thursday, the Los Angeles Times said. He was 50. > "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," the newspaper reported on its website. > Jackson had been taken ill at his home and found not breathing by paramedics > who rushed him to a hospital, the paper said. > The paper's report followed news of Jackson's death first reported by the > TMZ entertainment website, which said that the singer suffered a cardiac > arrest. There was no immediate comment from spokespersons for Jackson. > Known as the "King of Pop," for hits that included "Thriller" and "Billie > Jean," Jackson's dramatic stage presence and innovative dance moves were > imitated by legions of fans around the world. > His one-gloved eccentric style also earned him plenty of critics and another > nickname, "Wacko Jacko." > Jackson, who had lived as a virtual recluse since his acquittal in 2005 on > charges of child molestation, had been scheduled to launch a comeback tour > from London next month. > TMZ said on its website that Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest on Thursday > afternoon at his Holmby Hills home 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 site said. > Earlier, the Los Angeles Times said the singer had been rushed to a Los > Angeles-area hospital by fire department paramedics. The newspaper said > paramedics performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the singer's home > before taking him to the UCLA Medical Center hospital. > COMEBACK CONCERTS > Jackson had been due to start a series of concerts in London on July 13 > running until March 2010. The singer had been rehearsing in the Los Angeles > area for the past two months. > The shows for the 50 London concerts sold out within minutes of going on > sale in March. > His lifetime record sales tally is believed to be around 750 million, which, > added to the 13 Grammy Awards he received, makes him one of the most > successful entertainers of all time. > There were 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. > New Yorkers and tourists in the city's Times Square were shocked at the news > of Jackson's death. > "I don't know what to say. It's sad, it's really, really sad," said Nicole > Smith, an 18-year-old student from Brooklyn, New York, in Times Square. "My > mother was a fan. I listened to his music." > "I'm shocked. I thought someone was lying to me when I first heard it. I was > a fan from when he was a little boy and then he got weird," said Sue > Sheider, 51, a teacher from Long Island. > CHILD STAR TO MEGASTAR > Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, the seventh of nine > children. Five Jackson boys -- Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael -- > first performed together at a talent show when Michael was 6. They walked > off with first prize and went on to become a best-selling band, The Jackson > Five, and then The Jackson 5. > Jackson made his first solo album in 1972, and released "Thriller" in 1982, > which became a smash hit that yielded seven top-10 singles. The album sold > 21 million copies in the United States and at least 27 million worldwide. > The next year, he unveiled his signature "moonwalk" dance move while > performing "Billie Jean" during an NBC special. > In 1994, Jackson married Elvis Presley's only child, Lisa Marie, but the > marriage ended in divorce in 1996. Jackson married Debbie Rowe the same year > and had two children, before splitting in 1999. The couple never lived > together. > Jackson has three children named Prince Michael I, Paris Michael and Prince > Michael II, known for his brief public appearance when his father held him > over the railing of a hotel balcony, causing widespread criticism. > (Additional Reporting by Jill Serjeant in Los Angeles and Michelle Nichols > in New York; Writing by Frances Kerry, Editing by Jackie Frank) > > __________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your > favourite sites. Download it now > http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
