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Michael Jackson dead: TMZ
Reports say pop superstar not breathing when paramedics responded to 911 call
Pop superstar Michael Jackson is dead, the web site TMZ is reporting.
The Los Angeles Times and other news outlets are reporting that Jackson was taken to a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a heart attack.
Jackson was given CPR by paramedics in the ambulance that responded to the medical emergency, TMZ reported.
The ambulance responded after receiving a 911 call just after noon at Jackson's Holmby Hills home in L.A.
Joe Jackson, Michael Jackson's father, told an online new service that the family has been informed that the singing star was taken to hospital.
"I am in Las Vegas but, yes, people in Los Angeles called me and are with Michael and tell me he was taken to the hospital," Joe Jackson told E! News. "His mother is on her way to the hospital now to check in on him.
"I am not sure what's wrong. I am waiting to hear back from her."
The Los Angeles Times posted a note on its website saying that Jackson was not breathing when the L.A. Fire Department arrived.
Capt. Steve Ruda said paramedics responded to a call at Jackson's home around 12:26 p.m. He was not breathing when they arrived. The parademics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Centre, Ruda told the Times.
The news comes as Jackson was attempting a comeback after years of tabloid headlines, most notably his trial and acquittal on child molestation charges.
In May, the Times reported that Jackson was living in a Bel-Air mansion and rehearsing for a series of 50 sold-out shows in London's O2 Arena.
Jackson had won the backing of two billionaires to get the so-called "King of Pop" back on stage.
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/656755
Reports say pop superstar not breathing when paramedics responded to 911 call
Pop superstar Michael Jackson is dead, the web site TMZ is reporting.
The Los Angeles Times and other news outlets are reporting that Jackson was taken to a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a heart attack.
Jackson was given CPR by paramedics in the ambulance that responded to the medical emergency, TMZ reported.
The ambulance responded after receiving a 911 call just after noon at Jackson's Holmby Hills home in L.A.
Joe Jackson, Michael Jackson's father, told an online new service that the family has been informed that the singing star was taken to hospital.
"I am in Las Vegas but, yes, people in Los Angeles called me and are with Michael and tell me he was taken to the hospital," Joe Jackson told E! News. "His mother is on her way to the hospital now to check in on him.
"I am not sure what's wrong. I am waiting to hear back from her."
The Los Angeles Times posted a note on its website saying that Jackson was not breathing when the L.A. Fire Department arrived.
Capt. Steve Ruda said paramedics responded to a call at Jackson's home around 12:26 p.m. He was not breathing when they arrived. The parademics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Centre, Ruda told the Times.
The news comes as Jackson was attempting a comeback after years of tabloid headlines, most notably his trial and acquittal on child molestation charges.
In May, the Times reported that Jackson was living in a Bel-Air mansion and rehearsing for a series of 50 sold-out shows in London's O2 Arena.
Jackson had won the backing of two billionaires to get the so-called "King of Pop" back on stage.
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/656755
