Celebrity

Michael Jackson, pop culture icon was 50

By Kevin Roderick | June 25, 2009 3:22 PM

Jackson died this afternoon at UCLA Medical Center after suffering cardiac arrest at home in Holmby Hills, the Los Angeles Times and TMZ are reporting.

Jackson is survived by his parents, siblings and three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II.


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