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Michael Jackson -- Cardiac Arrest

Posted Jun 25th 2009 4:30PM by TMZ Staff

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We've just learned Michael Jackson was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Los Angeles ... and we're told it was cardiac arrest and that paramedics administered CPR in the ambulance ... and it's looking bad.



He was picked up at his home around 20 minutes ago -- we're told his mother is on the way to visit him.

UPDATE: The 911 call came in at 12:21PM at his Holmby Hills home in L.A.

UPDATE: A Jackson family member tells TMZ Michael is in "really bad shape" and the brothers are headed to UCLA.

UPDATE: We just got off the phone with Joe Jackson, Michael's dad, who says "he is not doing well."



Tags: ambulance, cardiac arrest, CardiacArrest, heart attack, heart failure, heart health, HeartAttack, HeartFailure, HeartHealth, hospital, michael jackson, MichaelJackson

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46. It really saddens me to see such a lack of concern for a fellow human. Not only here but also on the Farrah posts. Fan who claim to have stood by him for years are more concerned with whether or not he will perform rather than him being healthy. This is a man who feels pain like anyone else, yet people are afraid he is going to steal Farrah's thunder.
I'm happy that instead of being productive citizens, you choose to make your snide comments and hide behind a computer screen that gives you a false sense of power.
I hope that this man who has been a huge part of many people's lives will be okay.

Posted at 5:02PM on Jun 25th 2009 by JackieMichele

47. I just read somewhere else that he has been pronounced dead. Overdose of sleeping pills. Apparent suicide.

Posted at 5:04PM on Jun 25th 2009 by Susan

48. I hope he is ok....maybe a panic attact

Posted at 5:03PM on Jun 25th 2009 by ??

49. You guys are idiots, he may really be hurt. If this is true; I hope it's not. Michael I hope you're alright, I am really nervous right now. TMZ you better have your facts straight on this, you have my heart pumping a thousand miles per hour. I hope he is okay, I really do. Show some freaking respect losers.

Posted at 5:02PM on Jun 25th 2009 by Joy

50. If I remember from ACLS correctly, only 3% of attended cardiac arrests survive. I wonder if anyone was with him as it happened?

Posted at 6:01PM on Jun 25th 2009 by Don

51. WHY WHY WHY WHY!!!!!!! Why didn't he have a DNR order?!!!!!

Posted at 5:03PM on Jun 25th 2009 by dd

52. Is it wrong that I feel like this is the least of what he deserves?

Posted at 5:07PM on Jun 25th 2009 by samiam0917

53. I think he's been anorexic for many years, this probably had something to do with it..

Posted at 5:03PM on Jun 25th 2009 by jen

54. In what appears to be an apparent suicide, musician Michael Jackson was pronounced dead as a result of cardiac arrest after consuming more than two-dozen sleeping pills.

Complete details are not yet available, as this story is still developing.

Posted at 5:05PM on Jun 25th 2009 by Joe

55. I will add I didn't say it wasn't sad.

Posted at 5:03PM on Jun 25th 2009 by Rj

56. My thoughts and prayers are for the poor EMTs that had to answer that call. Can you imagine?

Posted at 5:04PM on Jun 25th 2009 by Las Vegas Greg

57. Good luck, Michael Jackson.


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Posted at 6:16PM on Jun 25th 2009 by 24hourapartments

58. I am in front of his mom's house in the valley writing this.

The media is starting to show up.

TMZ is here already.

Posted at 5:06PM on Jun 25th 2009 by Jolinda

59. Is it now the Jackson 4?

Posted at 5:04PM on Jun 25th 2009 by Ned

60. Well, all I gotta say is yuck! Here I am giving this freaky cat CPR and he slips me the tounge and starts reachin for my butt.....

We pulled the plug right about then....say Bye Bye

Posted at 10:24AM on Jun 26th 2009 by Ambulence Dude

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