CONFIRMED: MICHAEL JACKSON DEAD!!!!

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Michael Jackson

CONFIRMED: Michael Jackson is dead!!!!!

UPDATE: More details are emerging. He was dead when the ambulance arrived at his home just over an hour ago, and he was taken to hospital. His mother Katherine is present, and his sister LaToya was spotted sobbing outside the hospital. He was only fifty years old, and is survived by three young children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II. The cause is a massive cardiac arrest.

UPDATE: TMZ, Reuters, X17 and the LA Times all reporting sources confirming his death.

UPDATE: Already reports that the autopsy/post-mortem will reveal surprising cause of death.

UPDATE: There's a total roadblock around the UCLA Hospital in Westwood now, as media and fans gather outside. Katherine Jackson, his mother, spotted outside hospital though hurried quickly inside. Further confirmations made by sources to Fox News minutes ago. The fans who want to pay tribute are being asked to go to his star on the Walk of Fame at 1541 Vine Street instead of the UCLA because of massive traffic problems caused by crowds preventing ambulances for other emergencies reaching the hospital. Do not go LA readers!!

UPDATE: Finally, official confirmation from the LA coroner. Rest in peace, Michael Jackson.

UPDATE: It's emerged that Elizabeth Taylor rushed to the hospital to be with Michael as he died. His entourage was scream "You must save him!" as the ambulance arrived at UCLA.

UPDATE: Multiple sources are suggesting Michael's cardiac arrest was caused by a drugs overdose. His body has already been sent for an autopsy/post-mortem. Stay tuned!!

Posted June 25, 2009.