It is now confirmed by several sources, Michael Jackson is dead.  As the paparazzi searched for a Maria Belen Shapur photo and 70s icon Farrah Fawcett poster star and actress passed, the stunning news of Jackson‘s death overshadowed them all.

Media reports coming out of Los Angeles, California have said the star, 50, was taken to the hospital after he was found not breathing following a suspected heart attack in his Bel Air home earlier today. Celebrity website TMZ.com said 911 operators received an emergency call about 12:12pm local time.

“We’re told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back,” TMZ.com reported.

Once Jackson arrived at the hospital, staff again tried to resuscitate him but he was completely unresponsive.

Michael Jackson is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince “Blanket” Michael Jackson II.

Bodog says: our condolences to the entire Jackson family. May he rest in peace.

Eccentric and flamboyant sports handicapper Oscar Dooley called himself “devastated.”  

Further news is ex-husband of Fawcett, Lee Majors called her “an angel forever.”