# Michael Jackson Dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 25, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988 "2009-06-25T21:15:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/1 "2009-06-25T21:15:26Z")
Just got this AOL alert: We’ve just learned Michael Jackson was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Los Angeles … and we’re told it was cardiac arrest and that paramedics administered CPR in the ambulance. He was picked up at his home around 20 minutes ago – we’re told his mother is on the way to visit him. UPDATE: The 911 call came in at 12:21PM at his Holmby Hills home in L.A. UPDATE: A Jackson family member tells TMZ Michael is in “really bad shape” and the brothers are headed to UCLA. UPDATE: We just got off the phone with Joe Jackson, Michael’s dad, who says “he is not doing well.” ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/2 "2009-06-25T21:19:28Z")
Another OD, I’d guess. If they were giving him CPR, that’s very very bad. If this is true, I think I might finally score in the dead pool. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/3 "2009-06-25T21:23:45Z")
CNN says, “he was not breathing when paramedics arrived” ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/4 "2009-06-25T21:33:05Z")
[LA Times](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/06/pop-star-michael-jackson-was-rushed-to-a-hospital-this-afternoon-by-los-angeles-fire-department-paramedics--capt-steve-ruda.html) confirms he wasn’t there – quotes fire department as confirming he wasn’t breathing. Cardiac arrest + no breathing for more than a very minutes = a high probability of death, and brain damage at best. If everything is true, it won’t surprise me to find out he’s DOA . I’m predicting an OD of sleeping pills. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/5 "2009-06-25T21:43:16Z")
TMZ is reporting that he has died. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/6 "2009-06-25T21:49:08Z")
MSNBC is not saying he died. Huffington and Drudge say he is reported to have passed. Kicks Farrah off the front burner in a hurry. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/7 "2009-06-25T21:51:26Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > MSNBC is not saying he died. Huffington and Drudge say he is reported to have passed. Kicks Farrah off the front burner in a hurry. To be fair, Huffington and Drudge both report that TMZ reports that he died. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/8 "2009-06-25T21:53:53Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Kicks Farrah off the front burner in a hurry. Governor Sanford is likely breathing a huge sigh of relief. In private, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/9 "2009-06-25T21:54:08Z")
> [@HelloNinja](#): > > TMZ is reporting that he has died. [Link](http://www.tmz.com/) for anyone interested. All over the front page, obviously. ETA: Guess those concerts planned for later this year in London are off. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/10 "2009-06-25T21:55:14Z")
As \*\*Diogenes \*\* said above, reports are that he was DOA. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/11 "2009-06-25T21:57:43Z")
This should be welcome news for Mark Sanford. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/12 "2009-06-25T21:58:01Z")
Man, two icons for their respective decades die on the same day. Farrah’s poster sums up the 70s and Jackson’s glove is all 80s. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/13 "2009-06-25T21:59:13Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > [Link](http://www.tmz.com/) for anyone interested. All over the front page, obviously. > > ETA: Guess those concerts planned for later this year in London are off. Or Zombie Michael Jackson will do his best performance of Thriller ever. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/14 "2009-06-25T21:59:16Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > [Link](http://www.tmz.com/) for anyone interested. All over the front page, obviously. > > ETA: Guess those concerts planned for later this year in London are off. A friend of mine and I bet another that there was no way that the concerts would actually happen. That either he’d have some kind of meltdown or a health issue would crop up. If he wasn’t in full arrest when the paramedics got there, his chances of survival would seem quite poor. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/15 "2009-06-25T22:06:47Z")
[Damn.](http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gK_BZYsLvb9-YlmofeU7Ye4OzVuQ) ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/16 "2009-06-25T22:06:49Z")
LA Times is reporting that he is in a coma. ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/17 "2009-06-25T22:07:00Z")
My husband and I were just talking about him last night. This is kinda sad. Jackson-love was a big part of my childhood. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/18 "2009-06-25T22:07:51Z")
Probably is going to turn out to be true, but it’s weird that the major outlets aren’t reporting this yet. Yahoo! News did pick up the TMZ story, though. ---
**Author:** ![maleinblack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/19 "2009-06-25T22:08:04Z")
Sad to hear that. I was looking forward to him having another stab at his career. ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988/20 "2009-06-25T22:09:11Z")
Wow, I am so in shock right now! Unbelievable! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-dead/500988.md?page=2)