Los Angeles radio stations pay tribute to the ‘King of Pop’ Michael Jackson, who passed away today at 2:26pm of a heart attack in his home in Bel Air. His songs are in near constant rotation on all mainstream radio outlets.
Details surrounding his death have not been released, though he is reported to have recently and regularly visited a doctor in Beverly Hills whom he had seen as a child in connection with his skin ailment.
While Jackson’s publicist, Michael Levine says he saw his death coming for years because “A human simply can not withstand this level of prolonged stress,” Robbery and homicide teams have been asked to investigate Jackson’s death. At this time, however, authorities consider his death non-suspicious.
In Westwood, the neighborhood that is home to UCLA Medical Center where Michael Jackson was taken and pronounced dead, thousands of fans have taken to the streets, stopped traffic and staged an ongoing living tribute to the ‘King of Pop.’
Update (6:15pm): Older brother Jermaine Jackson issued a statement today confirming that Jackson’s primary care physician accompanied him to the hospital and that the hospital spent an hour attempting to resuscitate Jackson.