昔日歌王迈克尔-杰克逊去世 终年50岁

Pop Icon Michael Jackson Confirmed Dead

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US pop icon Michael Jackson has been confirmed dead Thursday at age 50.

In a telephone interview with CNN, Los Angeles Coroner Fred Corral said that the star was pronounced dead after arriving at a local hospital in full cardiac arrest, Xinhua reports.

The time of Jackson's death was around 2:26 p.m. local time, said the coroner, adding that an autopsy would likely take place on Friday.

"Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon and paramedics were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back," the entertainment website TMZ earlier reported.

Footage from CNN shows that hundreds of people have gathered outside the UCLA Medical Center, where the entertainer was treated.

A Jackson family attorney said he was told by brother Randy Jackson that Michael Jackson collapsed at his home in west Los Angeles Thursday morning, CNN reported.

The Pop giant, who took to the stage as a child star, went on to set the world dancing to the thumping rhythms of his music for decades. Jackson's hits includes the worldwide bestseller "Thriller."

The music icon from Gary, Indiana, is widely recognized as the "King of Pop."

However Jackson had some legal troubles later in his career. He was tried and acquitted of child molestation charges in 2005. After the trial, he left the United States to live in Bahrain.

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北京时间6月26日消息，据国外媒体报道，昔日歌王迈克尔-杰克逊在美国洛杉矶因心脏病突发去世，终年50岁。

迈克尔·杰克逊(Michael Jackson)被誉为流行音乐之王(the King of Pop)，是继猫王之后西方流行乐坛最具影响力的音乐家，其成就已超越猫王，是出色的音乐全才，在作词，作曲，场景制作，编曲，演唱，舞蹈，乐器演奏方面都有着卓越的成就。迈克尔与猫王、披头士两组歌手并列为流行乐史上最伟大的不朽象征，他开创了现代MTV，他把流行音乐推向了巅峰，他融合了黑人节奏蓝调与白人摇滚的独特的MJ乐风，时而高亢愤疾、时而柔美灵动的声音，空前绝后的高水准音乐录影，规模宏大的演唱会无不在世界各地引起极大轰动. 他拥有世界销量第一的专辑《THRILLER》，销量达1.04亿(2006年吉尼斯世界纪录认证数据)。据2006年底统计，其正版专辑全球销量已超过7.5亿，被载入“吉尼斯世界记录大全”。他是音乐史上第一位在美国以外卖出上亿张唱片的艺术家。他魔幻般的舞步更是让无数的明星效仿。2006年，吉尼斯世界纪录颁发了一个最新认证：世界历史上最成功的艺术家！ 他一个人支持了世界上39个慈善救助基金会，保持着2006年的吉尼斯世界个人慈善纪录，是全世界以个人名义捐助慈善事业最多的人。他患有白癜风皮肤病，皮肤呈白色。

有人说迈克尔杰克逊是一个神奇的怪物，浑身上下充满了一股神秘的力量，在音乐响起时他的节奏能带动全世界的脉搏。至今全世界仍有上亿歌迷。