[Merged]: Michael Jackson taken to hospital/Michael Jackson dies

CNN is saying he's in a coma.

I'm shocked and devastated. You know, sometimes things like this happen and you don't know why but you feel tremendous sadness.  :\\\'(

According to Reuters, LA Times, and TMZ, Michael Jackson died today of cardiac arrest at UCLA Medical Center.

ABC has already planned a 1 hour special for each Farrah Faucett and Michael Jackson for tonight.

I'm just feeling shocked about MJ.

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wow thats so upsetting :-( my mom called me JUST to let me know that MJ had passed and I had a deja vu moment. She called me JUST to tell me that Heath Ledger had died too (whenever that was)! Gosh mom!

CNN is saying he's in a coma.

I'm shocked and devastated. You know, sometimes things like this happen and you don't know why but you feel tremendous sadness.  :\\\'(

I just got an email (from CNN) that he has died.

I feel the same way!  I'm so sad.   :\\\'( :\\\'( :\\\'(

They've just confirmed it on the BBC now too... I'm watching the live news broadcast online.

I'm shocked and devastated. You know, sometimes things like this happen and you don't know why but you feel tremendous sadness.  :\\\'(

Ditto.
I don't know what to do with myself right now.  Everything feels so insignificant.

MTV is having a marathon of his videos.

My mum called me while I was in a craft shop to tell me. I rushed home to watch the news. It's really shocking, even though I agree he became an odd person in the last years of his life. I feel sorry for his children - I was just looking up news on them last week and they are turning out to be very cute. I wonder who will take care of them now?

Even though I grew up in the '80s and loved Thriller, etc., my favorite music of his was when he was with the Jackson 5.

Even though I grew up in the '80s and loved Thriller, etc., my favorite music of his was when he was with the Jackson 5.

Me too!  He was my first real celebrity crush (Baloo was the first).
He and his brothers, and Baloo, were my first dance teachers.

Me too!  He was my first real celebrity crush (Baloo was the first).
He and his brothers, and Baloo, were my first dance teachers.

I know! He was an adorable kid.

Are you referring to Baloo the bear?

For those of us of a certain age, Michael Jackson truly was the soundtrack of our lives.

I remember being about eight-years-old, sitting in my friend's bedroom, listening to her 45 of 'Got To Be There.' I was also jealous of the MJ poster she was allowed to have on her bedroom door ... it was a few years before my parents gave in and let me put up posters.

I also remember having slumber parties at friend's houses and getting up on a Saturday morning to watch The Jackson 5ive cartoon show while eating numerous bowls of Fruit Loops.

Then, much later, I was at university sitting around with friends watching the Motown 25th anniversary show on TV. We'd all sort of forgotten about Michael until that moment, but we were all completely fixated. He was a marvel and nobody had seen anything like him.

And I have a slightly drunken memory of dancing around with friends on an abandoned dance floor once while singing 'Beat It' at the tops of our lungs!

Which brings us to this year ... and my excitement about scoring tickets to see him in London.

 :\\\'(

For those in the US, MTV is showing an MJ video marathon.