Fans mourn Michael Jackson's demise

June 26, 2009 12:04 IST

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People gather in front of Apollo Theatre while paying tribute to pop icon Michael Jackson in New York on Thursday.

Jackson, the child star turned King of Pop who set the world dancing but whose musical genius was overshadowed by a bizarre lifestyle and sex scandals, died on Thursday. He was 50.

Jackson was pronounced dead after arriving at a Los Angeles hospital in full cardiac arrest, Los Angeles coroner Fred Corral said.

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A coroner's vehicle exits the gates of the rented home where Michael Jackson was staying before being taken away in an ambulance in Los Angeles.

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A passer-by walks past a television news broadcast about Michael Jackson's demise, at a railway station in Seoul.

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Photographs: Gene Blevins/Reuters

A fan mourns Michael Jackson's death outside UCLA hospital in Los Angeles.

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Photographs: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

A Los Angeles County Sheriffs helicopter leaves UCLA Medical Center carrying the body of Michael Jackson in Los Angeles on Thursday.

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Michael Jackson fans react at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles on Thursday.

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Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson's brother, speaks at a press conference at UCLA hospital in Los Angeles on Thursday.

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A group of dark colored SUVs enter the gates of the rented home where Michael Jackson was staying before being taken away in an ambulance in Los Angeles.