I suspect he is alive. We know he was not breathing when paramedics arrived. We know he was taken to hospital. If he was dead, the paramedics would have pronounced him dead at the scene, and not taken him to hospital. Their CPR must have been successful. He could have died since then though. There are so many conflicting reports, and not much coming from the hospital or family officially, it's hard to know what really happened.

TEE-HEE.

I feel like a shouldn't be so affected by this.  Lots of celebrities I'm a fan of have passed, but THIS... this is a HUGE part of my childhood slipping away, right here.  This seems so unreal...

Some sources say he's dead, other's that he's in a coma....ARGGHHHH!!!

The guy is a music legend, and beyond all the bullshit I still liked his music.

Man, Farrah Fawcett died too.

Oh, fuck.

All sources now say dead. Even the always incorrect CNN.

what the fuck is happening?!  I just found out  Farah Fawcett also died. Both Farah and Michael died today. God dammit, fuck Thursday. 

" I have four tickets for his upcoming o2 Arena gigs here in London - FUCK!!! "

Holy crap, Mr. Davis dropping the bomb on me there.

Damn. This is a shame.

Shine on you crazy diamond.

And since the TMZ announcement, every news information site has been flooded with hits.

quick, to the hyperbolic chamber!

OMG!!! I just saw on the news on TV that he died of Cardiac Arrest!!!!!!  That's sad.

CNBC is also saying dead.

Wow, it is confirmed. Huh....I am in a state of shock right now.

NYT, CNN and CBS news all confirm death.

Yes, it's true. It's on the news now.

Michael Jackson is dead.

Okay, the speculation is over. The LA Times just reported that he was been pronounced dead at the hospital.

Wooooo damn......... This is a first i heard of it. Poor Michael, your "good" music will always be remenbered.

Yeah, "celebrity gossip" site TMZ seems to be offering conflicting information with all the real new organizations, i.e. CNN, New York Times, Newsweek.

I've said this before, but... 

Giant Bomb really should MERGE the comments from other Threads already posted about a Topic that a Staffer makes an Article out of, or the GB Staff should at least reference the Thread Discussion already going-on on the site, so we don't have to repeat ourselves to make a comment. 

Sky news has confirmed it.

Nothing but conflicting reports. CNN apparently just said they "heard" he passed away. That's A-class reporting.

This is bigger than Heath Ledger, Elvis, 2pac, all of them.

L.A. TImes and CBS News are confirming  news of Michael Jackon's death.

" @Linkyshinks said:

" I have four tickets for his upcoming o2 Arena gigs here in London - FUCK!!! "

Dude I thought everyone knew he'd never be up to that gig marathon, but at least you have a collector's item now. "

as I said earlier on the first post, I don't feel sorry about him dying, he touched little children.

Confirmed. Holy shit... this is a bad week for deaths.

Was he hit by a smooth criminal...

Too soon?...

Ah man... I'm bad... I'm bad... shamone...

Shit is crazy!

Is it too soon for a Thriller picture?

It seems as though it's been confirmed now. I can't believe that I'm this affected by this. Very sad day.

BBC news report

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8119951.stm

" Is it too soon for a Thriller picture? "

When L4D2 was announced I thought it was fake, but this, I think is for reals.

IT HASNT BEEN CONFIRMED YET STOP SAYING RIPs

" @Jimbo said:

" Is it too soon for a Thriller picture? "

yes, but not for a youtube of the video. "

Twitter crashed!

" IT HASNT BEEN CONFIRMED YET STOP SAYING RIPs "

noooooooooooo

" @smaddeys said:

" IT HASNT BEEN CONFIRMED YET STOP SAYING RIPs "

yes it has been confirmed "

" @Gizmo said:

" When L4D2 was announced I thought it was fake, but this, I think is for reals. "

They should put in a "Michael Jackson from Thriller" zombie in that game. "

Live BBC stream here

This got 100 posts in less than a half hour. That's damn fast.

" IT HASNT BEEN CONFIRMED YET STOP SAYING RIPs "