Los Angeles Police Department detective Gregg Strenk addresses the media outside the gates of the rented home where Michael Jackson was staying before being taken away in an ambulance in Los Angeles on Thursday.
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Michael Jackson dies of reported cardiac arrest at 50

Friday 26th June, 09:51 AM JST

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IvanCoughalot at 01:16 AM JST - 28th June

25 million buys a lot of silence.

Like the man said....

"When you take a look behind and don't like what you find, there's something you should know"
BurakuminDes at 01:19 AM JST - 28th June

facially reconstructed lady boy who prances about making high-pitched squeals while scratching his crotch like some gibbon with a bad case of fleas."Try humming thriller. You can't. It's dirge and the melody goes nowhere.

Ouch. That's nasty - but so true!

As for mega-star singer-celebrity deaths...how about if Michael Bolton tragically died? I am starting to fret about the wailing and gnashing of teeth that will ensue should this tragedy unfold. Not to mention the endless playing of his top-selling classic mega-hits for weeks on radio. He sold tens of millions of albums, therefore his music has certainly changed the world for the better.
rajakumar at 04:24 AM JST - 28th June

The more we know,the less we understand MJ.

MJ came from providence,and went back to providence.

Let's do more for the living and heal the world,cause life goes on.

If we keep carrying grief/hate,it will eat us up inside.

Forgiveness is best way,it does not eat us up,inside.

There many great musicians still alive in living world, in big entertainment world,stiil making great albums.

Let's do more for others,for the living.

Grand design is made by the Lord.
Good_Jorb at 05:58 AM JST - 28th June

MJ paid millions in hush money to avoid having to go to court. Why pay millions if your not guilty, especially in the case of child molesting. No matter what his accomplishment were, he was still a child molester and therefore not worthy of praise.
ANOTSUSAGAMI at 06:27 AM JST - 28th June

He was told to pay by his lawyers that's why. They thought he didn't need the negative press. As for the others, do you know why they tell you not to pay off hostage takers? Because then every Tom, Dick and Harry comes out of the woodwork to make a quick buck. MJ is simply a case-in-point. Those people came to MJ with their hands out first, they gave him a price for silence. If you truly think he did something to your child, would the first thing you'd do be to ask for millions not to take him to court? I know I wouldn't.
zurcronium at 07:48 AM JST - 28th June

The boy man never matured beyond the age of 12 it seems. The fake marriages fooled no one, he did that to cover his boy toy habit.

However it will be his music that will be remembered. No one cares that Beethoven was a freak or that Hemmingway offed himself. Their art lives on.
Blue_Tiger at 05:12 PM JST - 28th June

Ah_so:

"I hate to appear to split hairs, but he was found "not guilty". Not guilty is not proof of innocence."

Maybe not here in Japan, but in the USA, it is. It is Innocent until PROVEN GUILTY. Michael Jackson was never proven to be a pedophile, so history must look at him as he was: tried, but found innocent (not guilty).
Makkun70 at 12:58 PM JST - 29th June

True he was found not guilty as a pedophile, but did admit sleeping with children in his care as well as giving them alcohol..
rajakumar at 07:03 PM JST - 29th June

Rythm music dancer MJ,is dancing more in upper world.

No one can kick him,hate him or anything else him,he is gone to upper world.
rajakumar at 08:32 PM JST - 29th June

Are Pepsi cola sales going up or down?

Now they will have to find a new living icon ,like Michael.

Coca Cola fans ,must not miss the loss of competition.
Ah_so at 10:01 PM JST - 29th June

Maybe not here in Japan, but in the USA, it is. It is Innocent until PROVEN GUILTY. Michael Jackson was never proven to be a pedophile, so history must look at him as he was: tried, but found innocent (not guilty).

There is a legal presumption of innocence, but it still does not follow that a person found to be "not guilty" is found "innocent". The verdict of "not guilty" is an option, whereas "Innocent" is not an option, for the very fact that jurers are not asked to determine innocence, but rather if guilt can be demonstrated "beyond reasonable doubt". This is a significant distinction - see OJ Simpson, who was found not guilty of murder but was later held to be the cause of death in a civil case, where the burden of proof is less.

I do not know if Jacko was guilty in this case, but am fairly sure that his urges were not those shared by the vast majority of the adult population. Don't know if he even had any "urges" beyond the mild curiosity of a child.
OhioDonna at 01:22 AM JST - 1st July

I am sorry that he has died. He was a pathetic individual who never seemed happy with himself. Even though he was found not guilty of the pedophilia I was never comfortable with the verdict. In fact, for some reason I was never comfortable with him and his music. I never permitted my son to listen to his music. He was banned from my home way before all the stuff about the boys became public. Again, I am sorry that he has died and my condolences to the family. I can only imagine their grief.
saborichan at 12:23 PM JST - 1st July

All the hating on this article needs to be taken elsewhere, a hater forum or something. Let's celebrate someone whose powerful and evocative music lifted so many hearts.

I wouldn't at all be surprised if MJ had serious psychological issues as a result of not only being a child star, but being a star who never, ever left the limelight since those days.

And I feel sorry for your children, OhioDonna, for being deprived the chance to make their OWN decisions about an artist and his work, and the fact that they were probably subjected to all sorts of awkward moments with friends when it was revealed that they didn't know his songs during his heyday.

All this does bring around an interesting topic, though: the current generation of kids and their exposure to MJ's music. I've no doubt that like the Beatles, his music will continue to live on and be used in many contexts, but what will remain known about him? I showed a book on Elvis to some Japanese jnr high school students not 15 minutes ago, and they didn't know who he was. And chatting about MJ to a 23-year-old here, he was only familiar with MJ and when I showed him a clip from 'Beat It', he said the song was not familiar.
smithinjapan at 12:13 PM JST - 2nd July

Ah_so: "I hate to appear to split hairs, but he was found "not guilty". Not guilty is not proof of innocence."

Well, show me a court-room that declares somebody 'innocent' when reading the verdict. As far as I know, it's always 'not-guilty', and as such, that equals 'innocent'. If the media decided to split-hairs later and word things 'not-guilty' as opposed to 'innocent', that's different. You may as well ask the court to change the verdict of 'guilty' to 'not-innocent' if you want to read so much into things.
DickMorris at 08:12 AM JST - 3rd July

Thank god loads of innocents are now safe from this menace. His child abuse must have harmed so many and he didn't serve time becuse of his money and fame, same as OJ. He's gone, get over it folks.