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Michael Jackson Heart Attack
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Michael Jackson Suffers Heart Attack: "He Is Not OK"

Michael Jackson has been hospitalized in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack.
The 50-year-old King of Pop collapsed at his home around noon today. Staffers immediately rushed to his aid, but he was unresponsive.

"The call came in because a person was not breathing," says Los Angeles Fire Capt. Steve Ruda, who declined to ID the singer by name.

"When the team arrived, they saw that CPR was already in progress by someone at the home. The person not breathing was transported to UCLA Medical Center and remains there."

Jackson's family has begun to gather at the hospital, with mother Katherine among the first to arrive.

"He had a heart attack," father Joe Jackson tells E! News by phone from Las Vegas. "He is not OK."

(Originally published June 25, 2009, at 1:50 p.m. PT)



News sites swamped following Michael Jackson's death
The traffic numbers are beginning to roll in now and it appears online news sites fared poorly in handling a flash flood of traffic following the death of singer Michael Jackson.
Keynote Systems, a company that tracks site performance, is reporting that a review of the more than 30 online news services the firm covers, shows that availability on average fell from 100 percent to 86 percent. The average time it took to access the home pages of top media sites jumped from 4.2 seconds to 8.9 seconds.
Shawn White, Keynote's director of external operations, said that among the sites who saw the biggest drop offs in performance were ABCNews.com, Latimes.com and CBSnews.com.
"ABCNews.com went as low as 11 percent availability for almost two hours," White said.
When news of the iconic performer's death began trickling out, scores of people turned to the Web for information. TMZ broke the news that Jackson, 50, known for producing some of the world's best selling records, including "Thriller" and "Bad," had died Thursday afternoon, but the gossip hub cited only unnamed sources and offered few details. As other news services turned their attention to the story and as the public took to the Web to learn more about the performer's condition, some Web sites began slowing down.
Some Google users complained that the search engine's News area was inaccessible for a time.
A Google representative confirmed that "between approximately 2:40 p.m. PDT and 3:15 p.m. PDT today, some Google News users experienced difficulty accessing search results for queries related to Michael Jackson."
CNN.com appeared to be sluggish delivering Jackson stories at times. In its defense, the news organization said that the site saw 20 million page views and a fivefold increase in traffic (from where it was prior to when news about Jackson's death began widely circulating) in one hour.
Even before Jackson's death, Thursday was a big day for news sites as word of actress Farrah Fawcett's death hit the wires in the morning and continued interest in the scandal surrounding South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.
The traffic deluge came swiftly and lasted for about a half hour, according to internal data here at CNET News, which saw twice the normal amount of hourly traffic shortly after word of Jackson's death spread. At sister site CBSNews.com, traffic numbers were five times their normal levels....


Michael Jackson 'overdose,' Elvis redux
Entertainer Michael Jackson died yesterday and the Internet buzz on the cause of death for the pop icon continues, the latest being that the deceased star overdosed on Demerol that induced cardiac arrest. First the family attorney Brian Oxman alludes to drug involvement on CNN (see video below) and another report on Jackson's death goes as follows:
"Last night it was suspected his collapse could have been caused by an overdose of painkiller. An Emergency Room source at UCLA hospital said Jackson aides told medics he had collapsed after an injection of potent Demerol — similar to morphine, " -- The Sun.
A photo with Michael Jackson's vitals and an ambulance photo are included in the article. [Update: An autospsy for Michael Jackson has been set following his sudden death.]
In another article on Michael Jackson, it was reported that "the star had been taking prescription painkillers including anti-anxiety drugs Xanax, Zoloft and painkiller Demerol in recent months." --Kansas City Star
It should be remembered that a cause of death for Michael Jackson has not been established here, despite the ambulance photos and hearsay reports. A coroner is expected to report on Friday, but a full autopsy and toxicology panel will be required to determine the official cause of death for Michael Jackson. Fox News show On the Record explains more in "What Killed Michael Jackson?"
Just be prepared for comparisons and folklore that rivals Elvis, the original King.\
A more comprehensive report on Michael Jackson's prior health conditions -- from Lupus to Vitiligo -- and the implications of cardiac arrest can be found on CNN....


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