styrax:

TMZ reported it, but still not confirmed.
Its shocking; lawsuits, bankruptcy, cardiac arrest, inevitably death. sad for such an iconic personality

CNN) -- Entertainer Michael Jackson was taken to a hospital on Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest, sources briefed on the situation told CNN.


A Los Angeles fire official told CNN that paramedics arrived at Michael Jackson's home after a 911 call.

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.


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

bawomolo:

i feel for his family.

I still consider him a sick pedophile though. 

The jacksons have gone through a lot.

~Sauron~:

It's unconfirmed. . . . . . .But why are the paramedics in America so daft?

chiogo:

TMZ is usually reliable. . .he really is dead.  

Yeah. . . . . . I have a feeling the fella is no more!