Michael Jackson, 50, passed away this afternoon due to cardiac arrest at the UCLA Medical Centre in Los Angeles.

andPOP reports that according to multiple press sources, Jackson originally collapsed in his home in west Los Angeles, California, Thursday morning. Fire Capt. Steve Ruda revealed that a 911 call came from a west Los Angeles residence at 12:21 p.m, PST.

Paramedics arrived on the scene at 12:26 p.m. to find Jackson unconscious, prompting them to perform CPR before then rushing the “King of Pop” singer to the UCLA Medical Centre.

At the medical centre, access was extremely limited to Jackson, as every entrance to the emergency room was blocked off by security guards. This applied to even the hospital staffers.

According to CNN, Jackson went into a deep coma following the cardiac arrest.

When the news of the death broke, Jackson’s sister, pop star LaToya, ran into the hospital in uncontrollable tears, and Jackson’s family is reportedly gathering around the deceased singer’s bedside.

Jackson was about to begin a massive comeback tour in London on July 13 until March 2010. The singer had been rehearsing in the Los Angeles area for the past two months.

There have been concerns about Jackson’s health in recent years but the promoters of the London shows, AEG Live, said in March that Jackson had passed a four and a half hour physical examination with independent doctors.






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