According to TMZ, "Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon and paramedics were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back."

What?

Update: According to ABC, Jackson was rushed to the UCLA Hospital after a heart attack. The LA Times reports that "paramedics performed CPR on the 50-year-old King of Pop, who was not breathing when they arrived at his home."

However, no major outlets are reporting that the 'King of Pop' is, in fact, dead. (Egads. First Ed, then Farrah, now this.)

Update II: CNN reports that Michael Jackson is alive. Hmm. Stay tuned for more updates.

Update III: reports that he's alive but in a coma. (It's a veritable MSM feeding frenzy! Listen closely and you can hear every newsroooms going full-blown insane right now.)

Update IV: Ryan Seacreast, for what it's worth,. says "dead." The American Idol hosts says,"I am hearing from a source at ucla medical center, michael jackson has died."

Also, the LA Times just confirmed it. "Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced dead by doctors this afternoon after arriving at a hospital in a deep coma, city and law enforcement sources told The Times."

RIP, Michael Jackson.

Update V: CNN (finally) says, 'OK, now he's dead, at least that's what LA Times and CBS say.' But, for what it's worth, they haven't independently confirmed it. Otherwise, yeah, sadly, Jackson died today. There you have it. Sigh.

LA Times