The King is Dead...Long Live the King! Michael Jackson, whose excellence as an artist was matched only by his eccentricity, is no more.According to the reports, the 50-year-old international icon fell unconscious and passed away at his rented home on Sunset Blvd, in Bel Air.
"His personal physician, who was with him at the time, attempted to resuscitate my brother," Michael's brother Jermaine Jackson said last night.
Paramedics were called at 12:26 p.m. local time and the unconscious King of Pop was rushed to UCLA Medical Center, but in vain.
"You've got to save him!" Jackson's supporters were screaming after he was wheeled into the hospital on a stretcher at 1:14 p.m., according to a leading website.
The doctors tried to rescue him but he was in full cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m.
London's Sun reported that Jackson's supporters told doctors that Michael had taken an injection of the painkiller Demerol.
"He started to experience slow, shallow breathing," a source said. "His breathing gradually got slower and slower until it stopped. His staff started mouth-to-mouth and an ambulance was called, which got there in eight minutes."
Around 7 pm local time, Jackson's body, shrouded in a white sheet, was moved to the office of the Los Angeles County coroner for an autopsy today.
Jackson - who had battled addiction to painkillers and among myriad health problems - died in the midst of a comeback bid, with 50 sold-out concerts planned for London this summer.
Jackson's family lawyer Brian Oxman accused "enablers" of pushing the star too hard physically as he prepared for the tour.
Ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis' daughter, said she was heartbroken for Jackson's three children and other family members.
"I am so very sad and confused with every emotion possible," she said. "This is such a massive loss on so many levels, words fail me."
Madonna said she "can't stop crying."
No more moonwalks...The king went to walk among the stars...
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