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The "King of Pop" Michael Jackson dies at 50

Los Angeles (USA), June 25 (EFE) .- The legendary Michael Jackson, the proclaimed "King of Pop," died at age 50 in Los Angeles after he was found in his mansion in Bel Air in a coma after suffering an apparent heart attack

A medical team that traveled to his home found the artist without a breath and perform resuscitation after cardiac arrest, was admitted to the Hospital of the University of California, where he was pronounced dead.

Before even knowing the news of his death, a crowd of supporters turned themselves to the gates of the hospital to receive information about their health status.

Made public after the news of his death, fans began to focus also on other parts of the country, as in the Square or Times Square in the Apollo Theater in New York, to mourn the death of an icon of music.

For the moment, and a lack of official information from the Los Angeles hospital, the circumstances of the sudden death of singer, who had served 51 years in August, remain hidden.

Police in Los Angeles opened an inquiry into the case, although no evidence of a criminal offense, according to the media said a spokesman for the department.

In statements to the press, the artist's spokesman, Brian Oxman, said his concern about the abuse of drugs that were committed by the singer.

According to Jackson, who was preparing for a series of concerts in London, was being medicated for several injuries including a broken leg and a vertebra.

Jackson had a poor health for much of his life in many episodes that required medical care, four of them when the trial was being held in 2005 in which he was accused of sexually abusing a minor.

After a long trial, the judges finally acquitted the singer, said in an interview that he had slept in a bed with many children. "

This series of 50 concerts in London, where tickets were sold out, he was preparing his return to music after years of financial scandals and news about his eccentricities.

According to the press, these actions would allow the artist to reorganize their battered finances, because that drew an estimated debt of about $ 400 million.

In recent years it had been reported by his erratic behavior, was found dressed as a woman on several occasions and also in relation to their children, who also appeared before the press wearing a mask, as used to the singer.

Michael Jackson was married twice: first with Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, and the second to the nurse Deborah Rowe, the mother of two of her children, Prince Michael and Paris.

The singer had a third child, Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II, the result of an unknown mother.

Admitted only two surgeries to put a nose and a dimple in his chin, he explained in his autobiography "Moonwalk" (1988), while the white color of her skin that she had responded to vitiligo, a disease that causes depigmentation, as explained.

However, these and other eccentricities did not conceal their artistic and musical talent.

He was a child prodigy made her debut in a stage-to-4 years and was famous worldwide with only 12 as soloist with the Jackson Five, a group he formed with his brothers.

This was the first of his 13 Grammy Awards with only 20 years ( "Do not stop 'til you get enough", 1979) but the glory will come with "Thriller" (1982), the best-selling album ever, with 100 million copies, and his legendary video with zombies, who revolutionized pop music.