It is hard to believe. At 5:00 AM (Singapore time), Google news gadget on my side bar, told me Jackson passed away. I didn't shock first because his health issues have always been rumoured in the past.
There are millions of traffic with the key words "Michael Jackson news" on every search engines. Even Google and Wikipedia were unavailable for some users due to high traffic. The LA Times also broke down after its first release of the news.
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We're told rehearsal went late into the evening. Jackson was singing and dancing with the backup dancers and the band. Someone who was there says Jackson was supposed to show at 7 PM but didn't arrive until 10 and he was "listless." But that was normal, according to people at rehearsal.
Madonna has said she “can’t stop crying” over the death of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. 
"I come to you today with great sadness, acknowledging the loss of the greatest entertainer in the history of mankind. For me he was more than that, he was my idol, he was a role model, he was someone to cry to when my childhood was unbearable, he was a brother, he was a dear friend." Corey Feldman said..png)
Britney Spears said "The pop star, who just finished the UK leg of her 'Circus' world tour, said that "he was a wonderful man and will be greatly missed," in a posting on her Twitter page.
Rapper Ludacris wrote, "If it were not for Michael Jackson I would not be where or who I am today. His music and legacy will live on forever. Prayers to the family."
Katy Perry simply wrote, "Oh my God," while John Mayer said, "I hope he is memoralised as the '83 moonwalking, MTV owning, mesmerizing, unstoppable, invincibleMichael Jackson."
Boom Bip (aka Bryan Hollon) told NME.COM, "He went through a brilliant song writing phase in the '80s which was very inspiring to me as a child. 'Human Nature' is still one of my all-time favourite songs."
"I'm devastated because I grew up with him," said Ellen Hartley, 23, from Nottingham, who said her parents introduced her to Jackson's music.
from BBC
"There might be a lot of bad press about him, but in the end I view him as having amazing music," she said, adding that Bad, Thriller and Billie Jean were her favourite songs.
from BBC
Many fans struggled to reconcile his personal problems and eccentric behaviour with his musical legacy.
from BBC
According to a new report, the singer — who suffered cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon — may have taken a drugs overdose.“Michael was non-responsive when he arrived in the emergency room. They didn’t call a time of death until he was here. They tried to revive him, then said he was dead,” a source told X 17.
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