LA Times: Michael Jackson pronounced dead

LA Times: Michael Jackson pronounced dead

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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Last update: June 25, 2009 - 5:22 PM CDT

Death of a Pop Star

TMZ is now reporting that Michael Jackson has died at UCLA Medical Center.


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Update: 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.



LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson has been rushed to the hospital, a fire department official told the Los Angeles Times.

Capt. Steve Ruda said Thursday that Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m. The paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda told the newspaper.

The celebrity website, TMZ.com has reported that he died, but there is no official confirmation of that. The Times is reporting that Jackson is in a coma and family members are gathering at the hospital.

L. Londell McMillan, a lawyer for Jackson, did not have any information. Messages left for other Jackson associates were not immediately returned.

The hospitalization was first reported by the Web site TMZ.

The emergency entrance at the UCLA Medical Center, which is near Jackson's rented home, was roped off Thursday with police tape.

News trucks were gathered, helicopters flew overhead, and orange cones were laid out to redirect traffic.

"We have no statements as far as transporting Michael Jackson," Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Devin Gales said.

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Associated Press entertainment reporters Derrik Lang and Anthony McCartney and special correspondent Linda Deutsch in Los Angeles and music writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody in New York contributed to this story.
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