, He was given CPR before being taken to hospital, but – according to the LA Times and celebrity news site TMZ – failed to recover and was certified dead by doctors later in the afternoon. Jackson leaves behind three children Michael Joseph Jackson Junior, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson II. Fans quickly gathered outside the UCLA medical centre in Los Angeles after news had broken to pay their respects to the musician.

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