The king is dead

All the news stations seem to be reporting that Michael Jackson has died. A respected celebrity gossip site in America, TMZ, says:

A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived. A cardiologist at UCLA tells TMZ Jackson died of cardiac arrest.

We’ve just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50.
Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We’re told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.

Once at the hospital, the staff tried to resuscitate him but he was completely unresponsive.

Of course, off-stage Jacko was embroiled in endless controversy and it’s clear he was a man haunted by some dark demons.

But he was also the undisputed king of pop. I remember not even being a teenager when he launched the ‘Dangerous Tour’ in 1991. My uncle bought tickets and took me and some cousins to see the show. It was spectacular. When my friends at school found out, they were so jealous.