Legendary pop icon Michael Jackson died at the age of 50 on Thursday, June 25th, 2009.
Michael Jackson, 50, one of pop music's biggest stars, was rushed to a Los Angeles-area hospital by paramedics who found him not breathing when they arrived at his home. It was announced later that he had died.
The news of his death at around lunch time was first broke by celebrity website TMZ but news organizations around the USA waited more than two hours before making it official as they were unable to confirm his death.
The Los Angeles Times was the first major news outlet to announce the singer's death on its website after the news was apparently confirmed by a doctor at the UCLA Medical Center, where he was brought by paramedics.
Jackson was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. PDT (9:26 p.m. EDT) , June 25th, 2009, after arriving at a Los Angeles hospital in full cardiac arrest. The cause of death was not known and an autopsy would likely take place on Friday.
He was briefly married to Elvis Presley progeny Lisa Marie Presley -- a largely symbolic union of pop dynasties. Jackson had 13 number one hits during his solo career, won 13 Grammy Awards, and his lifetime record sales tally was believed to be about 750 million. He has left three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II. He is also survived by his siblings and his parents, Joe and Katherine Jackson.
Jackson was getting ready to start a series of concerts in London that would have lasted from July 8th until March 6th, 2010.
Jackson's music appeared on many movie soundtracks. He played Scarecrow in the 1978 movie The Wiz, appeared as Captain EO in the Disney resort attraction, had a small role in Men in Black II and starred in the extended videos for "Thriller," "Bad" and "Moonwalker."
The news of his death at around lunch time was first broke by celebrity website TMZ but news organizations around the USA waited more than two hours before making it official as they were unable to confirm his death.
The Los Angeles Times was the first major news outlet to announce the singer's death on its website after the news was apparently confirmed by a doctor at the UCLA Medical Center, where he was brought by paramedics.
Jackson was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. PDT (9:26 p.m. EDT) , June 25th, 2009, after arriving at a Los Angeles hospital in full cardiac arrest. The cause of death was not known and an autopsy would likely take place on Friday.
He was briefly married to Elvis Presley progeny Lisa Marie Presley -- a largely symbolic union of pop dynasties. Jackson had 13 number one hits during his solo career, won 13 Grammy Awards, and his lifetime record sales tally was believed to be about 750 million. He has left three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II. He is also survived by his siblings and his parents, Joe and Katherine Jackson.
Jackson was getting ready to start a series of concerts in London that would have lasted from July 8th until March 6th, 2010.
Jackson's music appeared on many movie soundtracks. He played Scarecrow in the 1978 movie The Wiz, appeared as Captain EO in the Disney resort attraction, had a small role in Men in Black II and starred in the extended videos for "Thriller," "Bad" and "Moonwalker."
an artist is dead. RIP!
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