# Michael Jackson died

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-died/501004>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 26, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-died/501004 "2009-06-26T00:08:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-died/501004/1 "2009-06-26T00:08:28Z")

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Story here:  
[http://www.comcast.net/articles/music/20090625/US.Obit.Michael.Jackson/](http://www.comcast.net/articles/music/20090625/US.Obit.Michael.Jackson/)  
He was only 50.

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-died/501004/2 "2009-06-26T00:12:22Z")

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Never mind… 😉

> **[Michael Jackson Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=522373)**
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> 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...

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**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-died/501004/3 "2009-06-26T00:24:02Z")

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Yeah, I should have known it would be in Cafe Society. Where is the Celebrity Death Pool? I wasn’t in it this year…

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-died/501004/4 "2009-06-26T00:30:02Z")

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Best combination of user name and subject/timing ever . . .