According to TMZ.com and ABC via WCVB, Michael Jackson, 50, died after he suffered cardiac arrest on Thursday. Various reports say paramedics responded to his home where he was already in cardiac arrest. Jackson dominated pop music in the 1980's after becoming a star in the 1970's as a member of the Jackson 5. The LA Times has posted a collection of photographs of Jackson. Jackson has three children: Michael Joseph "Prince" Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince Michael "Blanket" Jackson II.
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