TMZ is reporting that Michael Jackson has been rushed to the hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest here in SoCal a little over an hour ago!
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. He was picked up at his home around 20 minutes ago — we’re told his mother is on the way to visit him. The 911 call came in at 12:21PM at his Holmby Hills home in L.A.
Whoa!! Now, it should be clarified that just because he suffered cardiac arrest that doesn’t necessarily mean that his life is in danger. What it does mean, unfortch, that his upcoming string of 50 concert dates at the O2 Arena in London, England is in dire jeopardy. Jacko is scheduled to kick off his This Is It Tour on July 13 (less than a month away). Thus far, this report from TMZ is all the news we have on MJ‘s condition. Here’s hoping that his condition is not serious and that he will be back on his feet again soon.
UPDATE: Oh no! TMZ has added new information from MJ‘s family, none of it good news:
A Jackson family member tells TMZ Michael is in “really bad shape” and the brothers are headed to UCLA … We just got off the phone with Joe Jackson, Michael’s dad, who says “he is not doing well.”
Now I’m starting to get worried … let’s send our love and prayers for Michael Jackson‘s speedy recovery!
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oh lord………..it is wrong that my second thought after oh god I hope he’s going to be ok. Is that I hope everyone who bought tixs to his concert is going to get there money back?
Ok, I know this sounds really horrible — BUT, my thought was “uh, oh, could this be death #3!” It always happens in 3s. Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and ____________. Bad, I know.
It is true it really makes you think about the ppl whom put out the skins to see him in concert!!!
Hopefully he will be fine on moon dancing his way out of the hospital real soon!!
LisaMarie…..He would have been #4……David Carradine was #1…Lets hope MJ is all good…..
TMZ UPDATE: A Jackson family member tells TMZ Michael is in “really bad shape” and the brothers are headed to UCLA.
Eeessshhh..This is crazy..I hope he recovers!!
If they did CPR in the ambulance that must be bad news!! I hope he is okay. That is horrible.
I got a tweet from CNN. Not breathing when ambulance arrived. Hope he is good.
@LisaMarie- I was thinking the SAME thing!
@LisaMarie: I thought the same thing!
@poopysmom: I recall it being in close succession, within a couple of days
Either way, I hope MJ will be ok.
I hope he pulls through this.
I don’t think doing the tour is a good thing for him, he clearly very ill.
Wow, what a day. I hope Michael pulls through.
Wow, his heart couldn’t beat it. Are you serious Trent, you think this is a joke?
I read that he went in to cardiac arrest, which is different than a heart attack (myocardial infarction). He apparently was not breathing and received CPR en route to the hospital. Could be pretty bad depending on how long it took for the EMT’s to get to him.
Um.. too late.
He died.
Who says he’s dead?
Scarlet,
Don’t joke around like that. It’s not funny!
Steve,
obviously it wasn’t a joke.
I was uh.. dead serious. To say the least.
Sadly – Scarlet is not joking. Many reports coming out now – he is really dead. Unbelievable. RIP Michael.
TMZ is reporting he has died….. no words right now…
sorry to fans of his, he has died. It was reported on my local news. He was taken to a hospital at about 12:30pm and wasn’t revived.