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[3rdman]

According to MSNBC:

Alive:

Dead: TMZ, OK Magazine, LA Times

Updated...

 

[Jamesfrom818]

GTFO

 

[captmcblack]

fuck

 

[NekoFever]

Is this the biggest celebrity death ever?

Second to maybe only John Lennon.

Princess Diana?

 

[alr1ght]

CNN says coma

 

[Gantz]

LA Times just announced it's official. He's dead RIP

 

[EraldoCoil]

FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

im gonna bump jackson all week now.......

R.I.P

a legend

 

[Zeliard]

LA Times confirmed that he died.

 

[Shorty]

Man that caught me off guard. He is in a better place now I hope.

 

[MrPing1000]

Wolf Blitzer just said on air he's in a coma. He MAY not be dead yet.

I presume you are typing from a helicopter heading to LA.

 

[Juice]

MSNBC finally relents now that LA times has confirmed the death. Shuster was being kind of a jerk about the story until then.

 

[besada]

Is this the biggest celebrity death ever?

Second to maybe only John Lennon.

Or Elvis.

 

[krypt0nian]

Ban this filth.

 

[subrock]

crazy shit, itll be weird to tell my kids about the day MJ died.

 

[Sharp]

Now it's official.

 

[I AM JOHN!]

Wait, when LA Times says that sources close to The Times say that he's dead, do they mean themselves or the British paper?

Because if the latter, fuck that.

 

[Tarazet]

Seriously someone change the thread title. Its kinda pissing me off now.

Unfortunately it's confirmed now. The King of Pop is dead.

 

[X26]

He's dead, LA Times wouldn't get it wrong

 

[BitchTits]

LA Times now says he's dead.

 

[Ephemeris]

It's running on my local news (ABC 7) that he's died, sourcing LA Times.

 

[bbyybb]

This is a shame. It would have been interesting to see if he still had the magic for his live performances.

 

[John Dunbar]

MJ was know in povery-level countries. Elvis was just US.

No, he really wasn't. Elvis was massively popular everywhere, and still is.

 

[Instigator]

Or Elvis.

Elvis is still alive.

 

[Rewrite]

KCAL 9 News reported he died and the source they used was LA Times saying they confirmed it.

 

[Mato]

Difference being Lennon was in his prime. Princess Diana was a big deal, too. But still, there really isn't a bigger celebrity in the world than MJ. RIP.

Madonna. Hate her or love her she is legendary and you know it.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Everyone is running with "dead" now

 

[Kiriku]

He had his ups and downs, mostly downs during the past years, but he is still one of the greatest artists ever IMO. A sad day indeed.

 

[AbortedWalrusFetus]

Holy shit. Did not see this happening any time soon.

 

[Dabanton]

What is the point?

 

[PhoenixDark]

Confirmed. sheeit

My mom lived a few blocks from one of Barry Gordy's houses, where the Jacksons would come to hang out/play in between rehearsals. She said all the kids in the neighborhood would be lined along the gate of the place, trying to catch a glimpse of Michael but he was never outside with his brothers

 

[criesofthepast]

RIP to a legend. So sad.

 

[Wii Will Rock U]

Holy fucking shit.

RIP Jackson. Shit...

 

[FoneBone]

Damn, the LA Times is getting hammered.

 

[A Human Becoming]

If he is dead, what the fuck is with CNN?

 

[ZROCOOL]

RIP

MJ

 

[Sharp]

Madonna. Hate her or love her she is legendary and you know it.

Madonna is indeed legendary, but comparing her to MJ is laughable.

 

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Stupid and grammatically incorrect. Fuck off.

 

[syllogism]

CNN is just lagging behind, he is dead. LA Times obviously has better sources

 

[OG_Original Gamer]

Television news here in L.A has him listed as hospitalized.

 

[user friendly]

Is CNN way behind the loop or what?

 

[Deleted member 1235]

NZ News also reporting as dead.

EDIT: disregard it's NZ News reporting on TMZs reporting.

 

[Ephemeris]

Oh, btw? Fuck you.

 

[wolfmat]

No, he really wasn't. Elvis was massively popular everywhere, and still is.

Truth.

 

[Zenith]

Yeah, I really don't think Guybrush meant what a lot of people think he meant. He just choose his words pretty poorly.

He was pretty explicit in his postings. Twice.

and as for the discussion going round that paedos just have an urge they can't deny like gay people, some killers also suffer from genes that give them uncontrollable urges to kill the same way hetero/homosexuals have genes that generate urges when they see naked women/men. Are you now going to say murderers are just "misunderstood" and are on the same level as a person's natural sexuality? Talk about specious.

 

[legend166]

This is sad. The guy's life was a bit of a tragedy in the end.

 

[half a moon]

Fuck. Noooooooooo. Abc news reported and cited la times and "other organizations" (tmz I assume).

 

[Xabora]

Arg, news is saying he is dead, then he is not dead, then dead again.

Its like Michael Jackson is a real life Schrödinger's cat.

 

[KolosLazar16]

Fuck. RIP MJ

 

[Eric WK]

Insane.

Madonna is indeed legendary, but comparing her to MJ is laughable.

Yup.

 

[2 Minutes Turkish]

Fuck my life.