"The King of Pop" Michael Jackson dies aged 50

It took the BBC an age but a little while ago they finally confirmed what the L.A. Times, TMZ and other sources had confirmed much earlier, that "The King of Pop" Michael Jackson had died aged 50, after suffering from a heart attack. He wasn't breathing when paramedics arrived at his home, so I think we all knew he was gone some time ago. Jackson was a few weeks short of an unprecedented 50 night tour in London, a massive comeback which many couldn't believe he would ever be able to fulfil. And indeed he won't, not that any of us thought it would end for him like this. I've been watching the media's coverage of this breaking news for about three hours now, can't bring myself to go to sleep. ORIGINAL POST.... Confusion... dead.... coma.... cardiac arrest.... Tragedy. What's going on? Sounds to me like Michael Jackson has died. I'm watching the BBC live stream, don't wanna say much more until we hear something definite. Very sad way to end a very sad story of how an icon fell. A world without Jackson isn't one I thought I would have to contemplate just yet.