The World Mourns the Death of the King of Pop!

Michael Jackson’s life was cut shockingly short as the ‘King of Pop’ spend many hours preparing for a comeback tour. The date June 25, 2009 would forever be etched in many people’s mind including mine as the day that we lost a musical superstar. Jackson, 50-year-old musical superstar died, just as he was preparing for a series of 50 concerts starting July 13 at London’s famed 02 arena. He had been spending hours and hours slogging for a performance he and his fans hoped would restore his tarnished legacy.

An autopsy was planned for Friday, though results were not likely to be final until toxicology tests could be completed, a process that could take several days and sometimes weeks. However, if a cause can be determined by the autopsy, they will announce the results, said Los Angeles County Coroner Investigator Jerry McKibben..

Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center after being stricken at his rented home in the posh Los Angeles neighborhood of Holmby Hills. Paramedics tried to resuscitate him at his home for nearly three-quarters of an hour, then rushed him to the hospital where doctors continued to work on him. Jackson’s death brought a tragic end to a long music career from his peak in the 1980s, when he was a popular music’s premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.

His 1982 album “Thriller” — which included the blockbuster hits “Beat It,” “Billie Jean” and “Thriller” — is the best-selling album of all time, with an estimated 50 million copies sold worldwide.