Michael suffered a cardiac arrest Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.
A source told TMZ Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived. A cardiologist at UCLA tells TMZ Jackson died of cardiac arrest.
Once at the hospital, the staff tried to resuscitate him but he was completely unresponsive.
A source inside the hospital told TMZ there was "absolute chaos" after Jackson arrrived. People who were with the singer were screaming, "You've got to save him! You've got to save him!"
Apparently one of the staff members at Jackson's home called 911.
His sister La Toya ran in the hospital sobbing after Jackson was pronounced dead.
Following the news of his death websites such as Blogger, Twitter & YouTube appear to be bombared with traffic.
The 'King of Pop' & moon-walking star faced controversy in recent years but he was preparing for a set of huge comeback dates in London later this year.
His death came on the same day as Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett, 62, lost her battle against cancer.
Sacha Baron Cohen's alter ego, Bruno made quite an entrance at the MTV Move Awards this past weekend when he flew in and landed on Eminem, with his bottom barely inches away from the rapper's face. Eminem was seen storming off after the incident.
But MTV writer Scott Aukerman today revealed "Yes, the Bruno/Eminem incident was staged. That's all anyone wants to talk about, so let's get it out of the way. They rehearsed it at dress and yes, it went as far as it did on the live show then."
Dance group Diversity managed to pip Susan Boyle to the post and win Britain's Got Talent 2009. They will now perform in front of the Queen during the Royal Variety Show. View Susan's performance in the Final below:
Girls Aloud : ThePromise @ BRITs Girls Aloud performed Promise last night at the BRIT Awards. The song won the group the BRIT Award for Best British single.
Duffy Wins Big At BRITS
Welsh singer Duffy was the big winner at the BRIT awards, taking three awards. The show included performances by The Killers, Lady GaGa and Coldplay.
Jade Ewen To Represent UK @ Eurovision Jade Ewen was voted as the winner of BBC1's Your Country Needs You and she will go onto represent the UK at the 2009 Eurovision Song contest in Moscow.
Andrew Lloyd Webber was enlisted to work on a song for this years entry from the UK.
The gorgeous and talented Jade will sing 'My Time' - a ballad, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and US songwriter Diane Warren.
Todd Carty Stumbles On Ice
Jeremy Edwards was the latest celeb to be voted off Dancing on Ice as Todd Carty stole the show when he skated onto the stage! Watch below.
Season 3 of Brothers & Sisters kicks off tonight as the Walker clan decide to go on vacation. Rebecca and Justin continue to hide their feelings for each other, while Nora remains oblivious of her children's plans to find their long-lost brother. Kitty and Robert begin the adoption process.
Tom & Camilla Take Strictly Crown Tom Chambers and Camilla Dallerup have been voted as the winners of Strictly Come Dancing 2008, following a contreversial week.
The Holby City acor beat singer Rachel Stevens in the final after Lisa Snowdown was voted out earlier in the night.
Ludacris Announces Battle Of Sexes Album
Ludacris put on a performance in NY and was joined by Shawnna. The pair announced a new Battle of the Sexes album for 2009.
Alexandra Burke : X Factor Winner Alexandra Burke has been crowned the winner of the X Factor 2008. In a close competition Alex beat JLS and Eoghan.
Earlier in the night Alex perfomed with Beyonce for a magical moment. Alex's debut single Hallelujah will be released as she hopes to get the Christmas #1.
TNA Wrestling have recently signed Gladiators stars Nick Aldis, who was in the United States two weeks ago to prepare for his upcoming debut in TNA. Aldis was known as Oblivion on the Sky One revival of Gladiators, reports TNAwrestling.
In what is a first for a boyband music video; one of the members is seen snuggling up with another man. In the video for Better by Boyzone - who have made a comeback - Stephen Gately is with another man while the other members are with women.
Gately who came out of the closet in 1999 told Radio 1, "For me, it's just me being me and I don't think there should be a real big issue about the whole thing anyway... I just think it's just a beautiful video and I think it works superbly for the song."
He revealed, "I'm hoping this video will have a good, positive, all-round reaction."
Gately added, "The lads were saying, 'You've got to do this.' They were pushing saying, 'This would be fantastic.' It's the first of its kind. That's why I went for it."
