Sad news! Michael Jackson has been rushed to the hospital after paramedics responded to a call to his home. According to the LA Times, & E Online he suffered a heart attack and was not breathing when they arrived. Other news reports say that he went in cardiac arrest.Via E! Online:
The 50-year-old King of Pop collapsed at his home around noon today. Staffers immediately rushed to his aid, but he was unresponsive.
“The call came in because a person was not breathing,” says a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Fire Department, who declined to ID the singer by name.”When the team arrived, they saw that CPR was already in progress by someone at the home. The person not breathing was transported to UCLA Medical Center and remains there.”
“He had a heart attack,” father Joe Jackson tells E! News. “He is not OK. “His mother is on her way to the hospital now to check in on him.”
Updated: TMZ is reporting that Michael Jackson has died however CNN (a reputable news source has not reported this)
Update #2: FOXNews has confirmed that he has passed away…
Debra Opri, a former Jackson family attorney, confirmed that the legendary singer, 50, was rushed to the hospital Thursday afternoon, where he later died at 3:15 p.m. EDT after falling into a deep coma.
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