The king of Pop, Michael Jackson is reported to have died at the age of 50 from Cardiac Arrest. Reports from TMZ.com indicate that Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. When paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.

A source tells us 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 tells TMZ that there was “absolute chaos” after Jackson arrived. People who were with the singer were screaming, “You’ve got to save him! You’ve got to save him!”

We’re told one of the staff members at Jackson’s home called 911.

It is reported that La Toya Jackson ran into the hospital sobbing after Jackson was pronounced dead.

No official cause of death will be announced until after an autopsy is performed, but doctors have indicated that Michael Jackson indeed died after suffering cardiac arrest this afternoon.

“My brother, the legendary King of Pop, Michael Jackson, passed away on Thursday, June 25, at 2:26 p.m.” brother Jermaine Jackson told the media gathered outside Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center shortly before 6:30 p.m.

“It is believed he suffered cardiac arrest in his home. However, the cause of his death is unknown until the results of the autopsy are known.”

Jackson had been renting a home in Los Angeles’ upscale Holmby Hills neighborhood.

Jermaine continued: “The personal physician who was with him at the time attempted to resuscitate my brother. As did paramedics who transported him” to the hospital.

“Upon arriving at the hospital at approximately 1:14 p.m., a team of doctors, including emergency phsyicians and cardiologists, attempted to resuscitate him for a period of one hour and they were unsuccessful.

“Our family requests that the media please respect our privacy during this tough time, and may Allah be with you Michael, always.”

Jackson’s body was transported tonight by helicopter from UCLA to USC Medical Center downtown, and then taken by van to the coroner’s office, where an autopsy is expected to be performed as soon as Friday.

L.A. County Department of Coroner spokesman Craig Harvey said that the full extent of the coroner’s findings will not be available for several weeks, when the results of toxicology tests come back.

Because Jackson was not under the care of any UCLA doctor for a particular condition at the time of his death, the job of signing off on his death certificate goes to the coroner’s office.