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A Jackson family attorney says Michael Jackson collapsed this morning

Fire official confirms Michael Jackson taken to UCLA Medical Center

Security blocking all entrances to emergency room, people crying outside

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(CNN) -- Entertainer Michael Jackson died after being taken to a hospital on
Thursday after suffering cardiac arrest, CNN confirmed.


A Los Angeles fire official told CNN that paramedics arrived at Michael
Jackson's home after a 911 call.

1 of 2 Lt. Fred Corral, the Los Angeles County Coroner said Jackson was
pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. Thursday.

He also said Jackson was unresponsive when he arrived at the hospital.

Brian Oxman, a Jackson family attorney, said he was told by brother Randy
Jackson that Michael Jackson collapsed at his home in west Los Angeles,
California, Thursday morning.

Family members were told of the situation and were either at the hospital or
en route, Oxman said.

"I can only tell you that the family members are crying," Oxman said.

Fire Capt. Steve Ruda told CNN a 911 call came in from a west Los Angeles
residence at 12:21 p.m.

Ruda said Jackson was treated and transferred to the UCLA Medical Center.

The music icon from Gary, Indiana, is known as the "King of Pop." Jackson
had many No. 1 hits and his "Thriller" is the best-selling album of all
time. Jackson "as big as it gets" ≫

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Jackson is the seventh of nine children in a well-known musical family. He
has three children, Prince Michael I, Paris and Prince Michael II.

At the medical center, every entrance to the emergency room was blocked by
security guards. Even hospital staffers were not permitted to enter. A few
people stood inside the waiting area, some of them crying. iReport.com: Your
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A large crowd was also gathering outside the hospital, according to video
footage.

Outside Jackson's Bel Air home, police arrived on motorcycles. The road in
front of the home was closed in an attempt to hold traffic back, but several
people were gathered outside the home.

Jackson also had some legal troubles later in his career.

He was acquitted of child molestation charges after a media circus of a
trial in Santa Maria, California, in March 2006.

Prosecutors charged the singer with four counts of lewd conduct with a child
younger than 14; one count of attempted lewd conduct; four counts of
administering alcohol to facilitate child molestation; and one count of
conspiracy to commit child abduction, false imprisonment or extortion.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/25/michael.jackson/index.html

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闘病の果て求婚受け、ファラ・フォーセットさん死去
　【ロサンゼルス支局】ＡＰ通信によると、米女優ファラ・フォーセットさんが２５日午前（日本時間２６日未明）、カリフォルニア州サンタモニカの病院で、がんのため死去した。

　６２歳だった。フォーセットさんの事務所のスポークスマンが明らかにした。

　フォーセットさんは末期がんで闘病中だったが、米俳優ライアン・オニールさん（６８）の求婚を受け、結婚することが明らかになったばかりだった。

　フォーセットさんは、人気テレビシリーズ「チャーリーズ・エンジェル」などに出演した。

（2009年6月26日02時49分 読売新聞）
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