LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson, the child star turned King of Pop who set the world dancing but whose musical genius was overshadowed by a bizarre lifestyle and sex scandals, died on Thursday, the Los Angeles Times said. He was 50.
"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," the newspaper reported on its website.
Jackson had been taken ill at his home and found not breathing by paramedics who rushed him to a hospital, it said.
The paper's report followed news of Jackson's death first reported by the
TMZ entertainment website, which said that the singer suffered a
cardiac arrest. The news of his death was not immediately confirmed by Jackson's family, or spokespeople for them.