King of Pop Dies in Cardiac Arrest (MJ)

LOS ANGELES - Pop icon Michael Jackson has died, a Los Angeles County Coroner's office spokesman confirmed Thursday.

Lieutenant Fred Corral told CNN Jackson, 50, was pronounced dead at 2:26 pm at a hospital in Los Angeles after reportedly suffering a cardiac arrest."I can tell you at this time that we were notified by West Los Angeles Police Department detectives that Mr Jackson was transported ... to the hospital, and upon admitting, he was unresponsive and was pronounced dead at approximately 2:26 this afternoon," Corral told CNN.Corral said an autopsy would "most likely" be carried out on Friday but would not speculate on the exact cause of death."Everything is still ongoing. We will be responding to the hospital to move Mr Jackson to our facility where he will be examined to determine the cause of death," Corral said."As far as I'm aware, we were notified by LAPD detectives that Mr Jackson was brought in by paramedics to the hospital in full cardiac arrest and then he was later pronounced dead."At that point, as I said, there's no further medical history until we get and review the medical records."
Earlier, the Los Angeles Times said the singer had been rushed to hospital by fire department paramedics who found him not breathing when they arrived at the singer's home.
The newspaper said paramedics performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene before taking him to the UCLA Medical Center hospital.