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Michael Jackson Finally Finds Rest

According to media reports, Michael Joseph Jackson, known for being the “King of Pop,” died Thursday, June 25, 2009 as reported by the Los Angeles coroner’s office. Jackson was 50 and would have celebrated his 51st birthday on August 29th.

Jackson, under cardiac arrest, was taken by paramedics to UCLA Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. (5:26 EST), reported Lt. Fred Corral of the coroner’s office as seen on CNN.

Brian Oxman, spokesman for the Jackson family, told CNN that three Jackson siblings —Randy, Jermaine and La Toya — were at the hospital. He said Jackson’s father, Joe Jackson, was on his way from Las Vegas.

“Everyone is rather speechless,” Oxman said to CNN. “I cried with them and I am just stunned. The atmosphere here is so very sad.”

At the medical center, every entrance to the emergency room was blocked by security guards. Even hospital staffers were not permitted to enter. A few people stood inside the waiting area, some of them crying as described by reporters at the scene.

Some of Jackson’s music was being played, Oxman shared with CNN. The sounds of “Thriller” and “Beat It” bounced off the walls.

“It is one of the most unbelievable, surreal scenes I have ever experienced,” Oxman told CNN reporters. A large crowd was gathering outside the hospital, according to video footage.

In 2001 Jackson released the Invincible album which was poor-selling. Then in 2002 Jackson welcomed a third child. Prince Michael Jackson II, known as Blanket, was delivered by an unknown surrogate mother. The singer attracted controversy again after he dangled the baby from the balcony of a Berlin hotel.

In 2003, Jackson was in the media for molestation charges in a case involving a cancer-stricken boy invited to the singer's ranch. There were nine counts against Jackson-- seven of child molestation and two of administering an intoxicating agent for the purpose of a committing a felony.

In 2006 Jackson was in the media regarding his Neverland Ranch. California officials had fined Jackson nearly $170,000 and ordered employees at the pop star's ranch to stop working, after finding that employees had not been paid since December and the ranch's workers' compensation coverage had been allowed to lapse.

Only months prior to his death, it was announced in February 2009 that the star would be making a stage comeback for a 50-date residency at London’s 02 Arena.

Jackson was reported to have pulled in $75 million from the dates, to aid his dire financial situation, following the foreclosure of his ranch to service a loan Jackson owed on the property. Experts feared the star wouldn’t be well enough to perform at the shows after reports leaked he was suffering from skin cancer. In May 2009, the superstar cancelled the first week of the tour, insisting he needed more time to prepare.

With years of being in the media spotlight for the good, bad and ugly, Jackson can finally have some peace in death.

Reverend Al Sharpton described Jackson as a “trailblazer” at a press conference held outside the Apollo Theater the same day of his passing. He reflected on a conversation he had with Jackson discussing how critics negatively treated the world renowned musician in the media, Sharpton reminded Jackson of his fans who still admired him.

Jackson debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group. Referred to as the "King of Pop" in subsequent years, his 1982 Thriller is the world's best-selling record of all time and four other solo studio albums are also among the world's best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and HIStory (1995).

Jackson was the son of Joseph Walter "Joe" and Katherine Esther (née Scruse),he was the seventh of nine children. His siblings are Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, La Toya, Marlon, Randy and Janet.

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