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OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:17 pm
by HTown_TMac
Word is he suffered a fatal heart attack.. Here is the article saying so..

Michael Jackson has been hospitalized in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack.

The 50-year-old King of Pop collapsed at his home around noon today. Staffers immediately rushed to his aid, but he was unresponsive.

"The call came in because a person was not breathing," says a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Fire Department, who declined to ID the singer by name.

"When the team arrived, they saw that CPR was already in progress by someone at the home. The person not breathing was transported to UCLA Medical Center and remains there."

"He had a heart attack," father Joe Jackson tells E! News. "He is not OK.

"His mother is on her way to the hospital now to check in on him."


http://www.comcast.net/articles/music/2 ... l.Jackson/

EDIT - WELL now I'm hearing he is just in a coma..
Havent updated yet.

Re: RIP Michael Jackson

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:19 pm
by TMU
The Bill Russell of pop music... RIP. :'(

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:21 pm
by Iggyemu
LOL there is no news reporting that he is dead. He suffered a heart attack but no news about him dying.

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:25 pm
by HTown_TMac
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090625/ts_nm/us_jackson_5

There you are Iggy.

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

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

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

"Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this 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 entertainment site said.

It added, "A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived."

Earlier, the Los Angeles Times said 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 included "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 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.

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

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.

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.

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:28 pm
by Iggyemu
RIP

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:33 pm
by TMACFORMVP
Thriller = G.O.A.T.

RIP

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:49 pm
by RayStats34
RIP Greatest dancer of all time.

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:19 pm
by langer
R.I.P

We all knew sooner or later he is gonna end like this, but this is just way too short for a great singer.

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:34 pm
by RaoulDuke79
Gonna be a lot of lonely, sexually frustrated children in the world now, R.I.P.

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:01 am
by Jaykoolzboy
RIP

I think death might be a better thing for him in the moment.

Thriller . damn that was song nice song.

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:36 am
by Tomas_11
RIP The Greatest Pop Icon in American Music History

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:07 am
by tha_rock220
I haven't been a fan of the man for several years, but he's one of the greatest artists ever. Rest in Peace Michael, you will be missed.

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:11 am
by aznkillabeezZz
great talent but how did his skin get so white?

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:29 am
by Ribalding
The ironic thing is a black man spent all that time trying to be white, yet he STILL died of a heart attack in his 50's.

Can't cheat the system, Mike.

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:43 am
by kam_soluusar
Apparently Authorities have released a statement saying that he will be "Melted down" and made into Childrens toys. Now Children will get a chance to play with him!

Sometimes I dream, that he is me,
Moonwalks everywhere with a "Heeee"
Like Garry Glitter, career up the ****!
Like Mike, If I could be like Mike.

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:59 am
by Munchlaxatives
aznkillabeezZz wrote:great talent but how did his skin get so white?

I've seen people with the same condition, but it was a lot of white blotches on white skin, I don't think I've seen it completely cover someone's face.

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:45 am
by Patty Mills
^too soon? :P

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:08 pm
by Sports Arsenal
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Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:24 pm
by KiDdFrESh
RIP MJ

Re: OT - Michael Jackson

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:18 am
by fisterkev
I guess no one really minds the whole pedophilia thing? Odd... I must be the only one bothered by that stuff.