Michael Jackson has been taken by ambulance to a Los Angeles hospital after reportedly going into cardiac arrest, TMZ reports. According to the report, paramedics had to administer CPR to Jackson inside the ambulance. The 911 call from Jackson’s Holmby Hills home in Los Angeles was placed at 12:21 p.m. PST. No other details are known as yet, but Jackson’s mother is reportedly already on the way to the hospital. Jackson is in “really bad shape,” an unspecified family member told TMZ, while Jackson’s father Joe told the site, “He is not doing well.”
Jackson is in the Los Angeles area for rehearsals for his upcoming 50-show This Is It! run of concerts at London’s O2 Arena. As Rolling Stone reported, rumors claim that Jackson is often absent from the rehearsals, with a stand-in required to take Jackson’s place. While no reasons were given for why Jackson might be missing the rehearsals, questions regarding the King of Pop’s health have dogged the Thriller singer for years.
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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.
A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived.
Once at the hospital, the staff tried to resuscitate him but he was completely unresponsive.We're told one of the staff members at Jackson's home called 911.
La Toya ran in the hospital sobbing after Jackson was pronounced dead.Michael is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II.
What a sick S.O.B. Remember how cute he was long, long ago on T.V. when he sung ABC/123.
ReplyDeleteI think he just died.
ReplyDeleteHe is reported non recoverable. Jacko is now headed six feet down.
ReplyDeleteMay God have mercy. My prayers are with he and his family
ReplyDeleteHow old was he?
ReplyDeleteDarn Joe, you scooped the Daily Times again. You must have some serious connections to get this info ahead of the MSM. You never cease to amaze me with how quick you put out the information the other guys are scared to. I bet the Daily Times will wait til tomorrow so they can sell more papers. I love your blog, keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteHopefully his offspring will have some type of normalcy now that he cannot be involved in their lives. Karma
ReplyDeleteThat makes the "three":
ReplyDeleteEd McMahon
Farrah Fawcett
Michael Jackson
RIP
Regardless of how weird he got in later years,one cannot overlook his huge presence in the music world and his contributions to pop culture AND music ."Thriller" is still one of the best selling albums of all time.My condolences are for his children.
ReplyDeleteTwo icons from my youth die in the same day. Really makes you appreciate things.
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ReplyDeleteI rember in the early 80's wearing the rhinestone glove,in my sockes doing the moonwalk across the floor in the kitchen.i was even at the thriller tour at r.f.k. stadium in 1984. I do not like things he did but no one can take away the things he has givin to todays artist.
ReplyDelete6:48 The top two best selling albums ever belong to Jackson, with Thriller being #1.
ReplyDeleteHow sad that the younger people only will remember his weirdness, when the children of the 70's recall, foremost, how incredibly talented he was. I remember him when he was a little black kid who had more talent than any kid I'd ever seen...singing, dancing, writing songs. The was indeed The King of Pop....until he bacame the King of Weird.
ReplyDeleteYes, Carradine, too. So perhaps the new celeb three becomes four. Just that McMahon was closer in time.
ReplyDeleteJackson was a mix of things to love and abhor. His support of Ryan White, the hemophiliac kid who got AIDS from a blood transfusion and was tormented by people ignorant about the illness, was a wonderful thing. The video song tribute he made to Ryan White is powerful. See it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=101iXwPTNE0&feature=fvst
8:30 PM Station 16 alerted for a petroleum spill in the Tony Tank Pond. Command requesting EPA and Emergency Management and the spill trailer from Salisbury. Keep in mind this is a "petroleum spill" possibly from oil and not a "haz mat" incident. Just clarifying that before some moron gets on her and says I told you so. Again Salisbury does not need that massive Haz Mat truck.
ReplyDelete"Another one bites the dust..."
ReplyDeleteSorry- I don't mean to be irreverent (well at least not entirely)- I'm just not into celebrities and all that "stuff". I don't dispute the contributions he made to the music industry- and I too grew up listening to Thriller and those popular songs, but I feel like there are "normal" people in this world who do absolutely amazing things as well- we are just excited about people who are celebrities.
In regards to his children- based on his weirdness in these later years, I hate to say it, but maybe this will be their best chance for a good life, not one tainted by their father...
I'm gonna remember the young Michael I grew up listening to before all the changes began.
ReplyDeleteNow he'll eternally be the little boy that always hid inside of a man's body.
RIP Michael
Anon 8:38, I completely agree with you. It seems society is more concerned with what happens to people they more than likely will never know, on a real level that is, than with the community surrounding them.
ReplyDeleteWhen we read the obituaries we may see a name we once knew and say "Man I can't believe he/she is gone", but we move on within the same hour. When a celeb. dies the media harps on it for weeks.
I have to say my heart goes out to the soldiers and their families that are serving this country more than any TV, movie, or singer.
9:25 PM - couldn't agree with you more, especially your last paragraph.
ReplyDeleteI was flipping through the channels earlier and MTV was airing the Ryan White video tribute mentioned in another comment-it is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI'm tired of hearing about it all ready. The man was hard on his body. Not completely a shock. Thanks for the good dose of reality, anon 9:25.
ReplyDeleteGod took care of what a California court couldn't.
ReplyDeletei'll never forget his remake of the elton john classic "don't let your son go down on me" ...
ReplyDeleteI didn't like his music or the freak show that followed. I'll always remember him as a pedophile like I'll remember Ted Kennedy as a murderer.
ReplyDeleteThis often happens with the exploitation of young ones by greedy adults. I am sure this is the case in this case...I call it the "too much too soon" syndrome. It surprises me this didn't happen sooner. How anyone can fritter away so much money is beyond belief. He had to have help from the 2000 of his nearest & dearest friends & family.
ReplyDeleteIt's really too bad, he was such a talent & used to be so beautiful looking, until he tried to be what he was not.
No sympathies for those who used & abused him, but for the rest of us, he will be missed. Condolences.
Da*n, this is a sad day for music. The King of Pop...I'm speechless.
ReplyDeleteHe is truely the "King of Gen-Pop", idolize him if you must, I expect nothing more out of Gen-Pop. He was a freak, a child molester and a junkie. Im sure the autopsy will show he died of two many drugs in his system. He had all these concerts to do that he was not prepared for and most likely IMO committed suicide. The American Gen-Pop makes me sick to my stomach. America for a giant part has lost its MORAL compase.
ReplyDeleteToday, the world is a safer place for 22 million pre-teen boys.
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TMZ has just reported that the family of MJ released a statement saying that MJ was given a "heavy" dose of morphine prior to his death. As of 09:40 am.
ReplyDeleteRest In Peace
ReplyDeleteMichael Jackson was an awesome musical performer and artist, however let us not forget what perverted and twisted things he was accused of doing with innocent & naive little boys (on more than one occasion) at his "slumber" parties. He bought his way out of having to face his criminal activities. Most of the public chose to forgive him or to ignore the heinous crimes he committed because of his celebrity status, but if he were a common citizen who was not a multi-millionaire he would have been persecuted and shunned for the rest of his life. Those who chose to support him should be ashamed of themselves!
ReplyDeletebeing as michael is 99% plastic they will be melting him down and making lego blocks out of him so now kids can play with him for a change
ReplyDeleteNow maybe Joe Jackson can get a job. I'm sure a hugh financial Mess will ensue. Wouldn't it be sad for catherine and Big Joe Jackson were forced to more back The Indiana House, Where they could relive all those Precious memories. Michael was another victim of parental abuse, it destroyed his self-esteem. He will never suffer self-loathing,fear, guilt again...Rest in peace,Michael
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