Pop legend Michael Jackson is reported to have died of a heart attack after he was rushed to hospital in Los Angeles. Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest earlier today, according to CNN and entertainment news website TMZ.com.

TMZ is now reporting he has died. The LA Times reports paramedics went to the singer's home and found him not breathing.
The newspaper says paramedics performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene before taking him to the UCLA Medical Centre hospital.

We've just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50.

Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.