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CNN) -- Michael Jackson, the show-stopping singer whose best-selling albums -- including "Off the Wall," "Thriller" and "Bad" -- and electrifying stage presence made him one of the most popular artists of all time, died Thursday, CNN has confirmed.
Michael Jackson, shown in 2008, was one of the biggest pop stars in history.
He was 50.
He collapsed at his residence in the Holmby Hills section of Los Angeles, California, about noon Pacific time, suffering cardiac arrest, according to brother Randy Jackson. He died at UCLA Medical Center.
Lt. Fred Corral of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office said an autopsy would probably be done on the singer Friday, with results expected that afternoon.
"Michael Jackson made culture accept a person of color," the Rev. Al Sharpton said. "To say an 'icon' would only give these young people in Harlem a fraction of what he was. He was a historic figure that people will measure music and the industry by."
Jackson's blazing rise to stardom -- and later fall from grace -- is among the most startling of show business tales. The son of a steelworker, he rose to fame as the lead singer of the Jackson 5, a band he formed with his brothers in the late 1960s. By the late '70s, as a solo artist, he was topping the charts with cuts from "Off the Wall," including "Rock With You" and "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough."
In 1982, he released "Thriller," an album that eventually produced seven hit singles. An appearance the next year on a Motown Records 25th-anniversary special cemented his status as the biggest star in the country. Timeline: The life of Michael Jackson »
For the rest of the 1980s, they came no bigger. "Thriller's" follow-up, 1987's "Bad," sold almost as many copies. A new Jackson album -- a new Jackson appearance -- was a pop culture event. iReport: Share your memories of Michael Jackson
The pop music landscape was changing, however, opening up for rap, hip-hop and what came to be called "alternative" -- and Jackson was seen as out of step.
His next release, 1991's "Dangerous," debuted at No. 1 but "only" produced one top-ranking single -- "Black or White" -- and that song earned criticism for its inexplicably violent ending, in which Jackson was seen smashing car windows and clutching his crotch.
Michael Jackson, pop music legend, dead at 50 - CNN.com
Is it true that Michael Jackson became Muslim a few months back?
MICHAEL JACKSON CONVERTS TO ISLAM - New York Post
Michael Jackson Songs Thanks to Allah
TThz-pxrPlQ[/media] - Give Thanks to Allah Muslim Song sounds like Michael Jackson!
Artist - Michael Jackson
Album - Various Songs
Lyrics - Give Thanks To Allah
"Give thanks to Allah,
for the moon and the stars
prays in all day full,
what is and what was
take hold of your iman
dont givin to shaitan
oh you who believe please give thanks to Allah.
Allahu Ghafor Allahu Rahim Allahu yuhibo el Mohsinin,
hua Khalikona hua Razikona wahoa ala kolli sheiin kadir
Allah is Ghafor Allah is Rahim Allah is the one who loves the Mohsinin,
he is our creater, he is our soustainer and he is the one who has power over all. "
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I personally am sad to hear shocking news today !
Micheal Jackson converted to Nation of Islam, a group that says that Allah was incarnated in the form of Wallace Fard, according to Wikipedia....if Wikipedia is lying abt this, then i dunno...but for now, it seems quite a bit heretical for them to claim such ideas....
Nation of Islam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beliefs and theology of the Nation of Islam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I Admit M.Jackson was a Legend at the same time he was also an a$$h0le. But at the end of the day all i can say is " May he R.I.P"