Michael_NP1 Jackson_NP1 is_VBZ Dead_RG Latest_JJT news_NN1 :_: Pop_VV0 star_NN1 Michael_NP1 Jackson_NP1 dead_JJ at_II 50_MC Pop_NN1 star_NN1 Michael_NP1 Jackson_NP1 was_VBDZ pronounced_VVN dead_JJ today_RT after_II paramedics_NN2 found_VVD him_PPHO1 in_II a_AT1 coma_NN1 at_II his_APPGE Bel-Air_NP1 mansion_NN1 ,_, city_NN1 and_CC law_NN1 enforcement_NN1 sources_NN2 told_VVD The_AT Times_NNT2 ._. 
Los_NP1 Angeles_NP1 Fire_NN1 Department_NN1 Capt_NN1 ._. 
Steve_NP1 Ruda_NP1 told_VVD The_AT Times_NNT2 that_CST paramedics_NN2 responded_VVN to_II a_AT1 911_MC call_VV0 from_II the_AT home_NN1 ._. 
When_CS they_PPHS2 arrived_VVD ,_, Jackson_NP1 was_VBDZ not_XX breathing_VVG ._. 
The_AT paramedics_NN1 performed_VVD CPR_NP1 and_CC took_VVD Jackson_NP1 to_II UCLA_NP1 Medical_JJ Center_NN1 ,_, Ruda_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
Hundreds_NNO2 of_IO reporters_NN2 gathered_VVN at_II the_AT hospital_NN1 awaiting_VVG word_NN1 on_II his_APPGE condition_NN1 ._. 
The_AT sources_NN2 ,_, who_PNQS spoke_VVD on_II the_AT condition_NN1 of_IO anonymity_NN1 ,_, said_VVD family_NN1 members_NN2 rushed_VVN to_II Jackson_NP1 's_GE bedside_NN1 ,_, where_CS he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ in_II a_AT1 deep_JJ coma_NN1 ._. 
The_AT circumstances_NN2 of_IO Jackson_NP1 's_GE death_NN1 remain_VV0 unclear_JJ ._. 
Law_NN1 enforcement_NN1 sources_NN2 said_VVD that_CST Los_NP1 Angeles_NP1 Police_NN2 Department_NN1 robbery-homicide_NN1 detectives_NN2 have_VH0 opened_VVN an_AT1 investigation_NN1 into_II the_AT death_NN1 ,_, though_CS they_PPHS2 stressed_VVD that_CST there_EX is_VBZ no_AT evidence_NN1 of_IO criminal_JJ wrongdoing_NN1 ._. 
The_AT detectives_NN2 plan_VV0 to_TO interview_VVI relatives_NN2 ,_, friends_NN2 and_CC Jackson_NP1 's_GE doctors_NN2 to_TO try_VVI to_TO figure_VVI out_RP what_DDQ happened_VVD ._. 
The_AT L.A._NP1 County_NP1 coroner_NN1 's_GE office_NN1 will_VM determine_VVI a_AT1 cause_NN1 of_IO death_NN1 ._. 
A_ZZ1 Los_NP1 Angeles_NP1 Fire_NN1 Department_NN1 source_NN1 told_VVD The_AT Times_NNT2 that_CST Jackson_NP1 was_VBDZ in_RR21 full_RR22 cardiac_JJ arrest_NN1 when_CS rescue_NN1 units_NN2 arrived_VVD ._. 
A_AT1 doctor_NN1 was_VBDZ in_II the_AT house_NN1 performing_VVG CPR_NP1 on_II Jackson_NP1 ,_, said_VVD the_AT source_NN1 who_PNQS asked_VVD not_XX to_TO be_VBI identified_VVN because_CS he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ not_XX authorized_VVN to_TO speak_VVI to_II the_AT media_NN ._. 
Paramedics_NN2 were_VBDR called_VVN to_II a_AT1 home_NN1 in_II the_AT 100_MC block_NN1 of_IO Carolwood_NP1 Drive_NN1 off_II Sunset_NN1 Boulevard_NP1 ._. 
Jackson_NP1 rented_VVD the_AT Bel-Air_NP1 home_NN1 --_NN1 described_VVN as_II a_AT1 French_JJ chateau_NN1 built_VVN in_II 2002_MC with_IW seven_MC bedrooms_NN2 ,_, 13_MC bathrooms_NN2 ,_, 12_MC fireplaces_NN2 and_CC a_AT1 theater_NN1 --_NN1 for_IF $100,000_NNU a_AT1 month_NNT1 ._. 
The_AT home_NN1 is_VBZ about_II a_AT1 six-minute_JJ drive_NN1 from_II UCLA_NP1 Medical_JJ Center_NN1 ._. 
Jackson_NP1 has_VHZ three_MC children_NN2 --_JJ sons_NN2 Prince_NNB Michael_NP1 7_MC ,_, and_CC Michael_NP1 Joseph_NP1 Jackson_NP1 Jr._NNA ,_, 12_MC ,_, and_CC daughter_NN1 Paris_NP1 Michael_NP1 Katherine_NP1 ,_, 11_MC ._. 
Jackson_NP1 ,_, 50_MC ,_, died_VVD as_CSA he_PPHS1 was_VBDZ attempting_VVG a_AT1 comeback_NN1 after_II years_NNT2 of_IO tabloid_JJ headlines_NN2 ,_, most_RGT notably_RR his_APPGE trial_NN1 and_CC acquittal_NN1 on_II child_NN1 molestation_NN1 charges_NN2 ._. 
In_II May_NPM1 ,_, The_AT Times_NNT2 reported_VVD that_CST Jackson_NP1 had_VHD rented_VVN the_AT Bel-Air_NP1 residence_NN1 and_CC was_VBDZ rehearsing_VVG for_IF a_AT1 series_NN of_IO 50_MC sold-out_JJ shows_NN2 in_II London_NP1 's_GE O2_FO Arena_NP1 ._. 
Jackson_NP1 had_VHD won_VVN the_AT backing_NN1 of_IO two_MC billionaires_NN2 to_TO get_VVI the_AT so-called_JJ "_" King_NN1 of_IO Pop_NN1 "_" back_RP on_II stage_NN1 ._. 
His_APPGE backers_NN2 envisioned_VVD the_AT shows_NN2 at_II AEG_NP1 's_GE O2_FO as_II an_AT1 audition_NN1 for_IF a_AT1 career_NN1 rebirth_NN1 that_CST could_VM have_VHI ultimately_RR encompassed_VVN a_AT1 three-year_JJ world_NN1 tour_NN1 ,_, a_AT1 new_JJ album_NN1 ,_, movies_NN2 ,_, a_AT1 Graceland-like_JJ museum_NN1 ,_, musical_JJ revues_NN2 in_II Las_NP1 Vegas_NP1 and_CC Macau_NP1 ,_, and_CC even_RR a_AT1 "_" Thriller_NN1 "_" casino_NN1 ._. 
Such_DA a_AT1 rebound_NN1 could_VM have_VHI wiped_VVN out_RP Jackson_NP1 's_GE massive_JJ debt_NN1 ._. 
