Michael Jackson is dead [Updated]

LA Times ^ | 6.25.09

[libh8er]

[Updated at 3:15 p.m.: Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced dead by doctors this afternoon after arriving at a hospital in a deep coma, city and law enforcement sources told The Times.]

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[Mr Ramsbotham]

I hope this pedophile does roast in hell. You can get away with anything if you have enough money, and he did.

Maybe he'll be reincarnated as a young child.

[califamily4W]

This is what I'm picking up...

BreakingNewsRUMOR CONTROL — There are rumors spreading that Jeff Goldblum has died. This is not true.
18 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters

mpoppelRe: Goldblum reports. He's fine!
20 minutes ago from TweetDeck

[2harddrive]

WHATEVER his faults - at least Michael Jackson had a Birth Certificate! LOL.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

And Jerry Lee Lewis and Keith Richards are still alive.

I think Dick Clark is too, but that might just be the makeup.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

mpoppelRe: Goldblum reports. He's fine! 20 minutes ago from TweetDeck

Stop denying it, Goldblum. You're not fooling anyone.

[newfreep]

Drudge (Headline only): JACKSON FAMILY SPOKESMAN: ‘EVERYONE AROUND HIM WAS ENABLING HIM, ABUSE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS’...

Let's see how the media reports this drug abuse compared to Rush's battle with painkillers. I know, it's rhetorical....

[dragnet2]

LAPD now saying the doctors want to sign the death certificate, and that is why LAPD detectives have entered the home.

Hmmm

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“I want an orderly to dangle his dead body from a window...”

ROFLMAO! You’re the best, al baby. (Hi, Mom!)

[Roger_Wildcat]

Goldblum reports. He's fine!

Glad to hear it from Jeff that he survived the fall.

[Eaker]

"Mr. Culkin is content to sit on this story for the time being"...

Why, is he afraid of what might leak out?

[PeanutbutterandJellybean]

What a sad, pathetic and lonely human being. His family used him, siphoned off his fame. Another child star that financially supported his family. A child molester. Wonder who was in Jackson's youth, that did the same to him?

I sure hope the bio-mom of Jackson's children gets custody. The worse thing that could happen is if that crazy Jackson family gets custody of those kids.

[2harddrive]

WHATEVER his faults - at least Michael Jackson had a Birth Certificate! LOL.

[visualops]

I read that too! (on the FF thread).

[Brytani]

We can’t find more than a handful of reporters to look into Obama’s backgrcound yet dozens flock to a hospital to report what we already know - he’s dead.

How about reporting on some real news sigh....

[MotleyGirl70]

Maybe now, since he kept their identities so closed, a few years from now, no one will know who they are.

That's a blessing that he kept their identities private. At least he did that right the last decade of his life.

[annieokie]

here either, good riddance. Now we just have to listen to 24/7 media coverage on this piece of trash for the next week and beyond.

[yield 2 the right]

Good to hear that....hope that Hoax web site is shut down if possible...

[Borges]

The coverage is about his artistic accomplishments which are undeniable.

[dragnet2]

I wonder why it would take 5 or 6 LAPD detectives to look in the medicine cabinet, make sure there were no signs of a struggle etc...

Doctors wanting to sign death certificate, given as the reason LAPD is now inside the home...

That's rather an odd statement, since an autopsy generally determines or reveals the cause.

[plain talk]

Yes you are correct. He was both a nutcase and a phenomenal talent that mainly shone through in a single incredible album in 1982.

“In just over a year, Thriller became—and currently remains—the best-selling album of all time. Sales are estimated to be between 47–109 million copies sold worldwide. Seven of the album's nine songs were released as singles, and all reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album won a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards at the 1984 Grammys. “