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1:20 PM ET, June 26, 2009

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TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson Dies  —  We've just learned Michael Jackson has died.  He was 50.  —  Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his 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.
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TMZ.com:
Jackson Family — Demerol Shot Caused Death  —  A close member of Michael Jackson's family has told us Jackson received a daily injection of a synthetic narcotic similar to morphine — Demerol — and yesterday he received a shot at 11:30 AM.  —  Family members are saying the dosage was “too much” and that's what caused his death.
TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson Doctor — MIA  —  We've learned law enforcement is looking for a doctor who lived at Michael Jackson's home — and the doctor is nowhere to be found.  —  Law enforcement sources tell us a BMW belonging to the doctor was towed from Jackson's home last night.  —  Cops are looking to interview the doc.
ETonline:
MICHAEL JACKSON: EXCLUSIVE LAST PHOTO  —  A source close to Michael Jackson tells ET that the international superstar and pop-music legend has passed away earlier Thursday afternoon.  He was 50.  —  The Los Angeles County Coroner's office tells ET that Jackson was transported from his residence in full cardiac arrest on Thursday.
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Michael Jackson's Kids “Doing Fine,” With Grandmother  —  After Michael Jackson's sudden passing, the singer's three children “are doing fine,” says Brian Oxmon, the Jackson family attorney for 20 years.  —  “They are in the care of a nanny,” he tells Usmagazine.com, adding that they're staying with their grandmother, Katherine.
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Madonna 'Can't Stop Crying' Over Michael Jackson  —  Madonna  —  The sudden death of Michael Jackson jolted his friends and family, a second blow to the entertainment world after it lost another icon, Farrah Fawcett, just hours earlier.  —  “I can't stop crying over the sad news,” Madonna says.
Shelby Grad / L.A. Now:
Michael Jackson is dead [Updated]  —  [Updated at 2:46 p.m.: Pop star Michael Jackson is in a coma and his family is arriving at his bedside, a law enforcement source told The Times.  —  Jackson was rushed to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center this afternoon by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics.
TMZ.com:
Jackson Family Feared Morphine OD  —  Members of Michael Jackson's family told us the singer was given a “heavy dose of morphine” prior to his death, and family members were alarmed.  —  We're told Joe Jackson recently wanted to put Michael in a rehab facility in Palmdale …
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Scene Mocking Michael Jackson's Family Cut From Bruno  —  Following the death of Michael Jackson, footage in the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy Bruno, in which sister Latoya Jackson is mocked, has been cut.  —  In the scene, LaToya is tricked into doing an interview with the fake Austrian fashion journalist.
Castina / Pop Crunch:
Latoya Jackson “Bruno” Cameo Cut Out Of Respect For The Late Michael Jackson  —  REUTERS/Kevork Djansiszen/Pool/Files (UNITED STATES OBITUARY ENTERTAINMENT)  —  In the wake the shocking death of pop music's beloved Peter Pan, the late Michael Jackson, a scene featuring LaToya Jackson …
Discussion: #gay
Todd Martens / Pop & Hiss:
‘Bruno’ delays Hollywood Walk of Fame tribute to Michael Jackson  —  Fans hoping to pay their respects to Michael Jackson by visiting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will have to wait until Friday morning.  As news of Jackson's death spread Thursday afternoon, event crews in Hollywood …
TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson's Autopsy Has Begun  —  The Los Angeles County Coroner has started the autopsy on Michael Jackson.  —  Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran is performing the autopsy.  The Dr. was a star witness in the O.J. Simpson case.
Mike Fleeman / People.com:
Justin Timberlake Praises Michael Jackson's Genius
Discussion: PopSugar
Todd Leopold / CNN:
Michael Jackson, pop music legend, dead at 50
Discussion: STRAIGHT OUTTA NYC and Egotastic!
People.com:
Farrah Fawcett Dies of Cancer at 62  —  Farrah Fawcett, who skyrocketed to fame as one of a trio of impossibly glamorous private eyes on TV's Charlie's Angels, has died after a long battle with cancer.  She was 62.  —  Fawcett died at 9:28 a.m. PST on Thursday at St. John's Heath Center in Santa Monica …
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Donna Freydkin / USA Today:
Farrah Fawcett dies at 62
Discussion: TV Envy
Los Angeles Times:
Farrah Fawcett Dies After 3 Year Battle With Cancer
Discussion: In Contention
Natalie Finn / E! Online:
Jeff Goldblum Alive and Well  —  There's nothing really newsworthy about not being dead.  —  But as the world was busy reacting to news of Michael Jackson's sudden passing, someone in the blogosphere thought it would be a good idea to feed the beast and say that Jeff Goldblum had died.
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DailyFill.com:
Jeff Goldblum Lives!
Discussion: omg!
 
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