Pop icon Michael Jackson, 50, was dead at 2:26 pm local time after reportedly suffering a cardiac arrest.
The self-proclaimed “King of Pop’’ was rushed from his home in Los Angeles to UCLA Medical Center shortly after 12:30 p.m. by paramedics who reportedly performed CPR in the ambulance.
The report stated that the Jackson was not breathing when paramedics arrived at his house in the Bel-Air neighborhood, and other outlets reported that he died of cardiac arrest.
Jackson’s death came weeks before what was expected to be a major comeback for the star, who had lived mostly out of the spotlight since his acquittal on charges of lewd conduct with a child in 2005.