Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Oliver star Mark Lester is desperately trying to come to terms with the loss of longtime friend Michael Jackson and has promised to live up to the title of godfather to the King of Pop's kids. more info

CNN Showbiz — Pop icon Michael Jackson, 50, who died Thursday afternoon after being rushed to a Los Angeles hospital in cardiac arrest, had a long history of confirmed health problems, in addition to rumored conditions. more info

VH1 Blog — Perhaps no other artist is tied as closely to our personal memories as Michael Jackson (1959 - 2009). Most of us remember the first time we tried to do the moonwalk or the robot. We learned how to dance to The Jackson 5. We grew up falling in love to... more info

Associated Press — LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hundreds of people are converging on the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles as word spreads across radio, television and the Internet that Michael Jackson died.... more info

Time — Within minutes of the first news reports surrounding Michael Jackson's death, celebrities were already expressing their grief via Twitter more info

All About Jazz — The tragedy of Michael Jackson's death at age 50, reportedly from cardiac arrest, pales in comparison to the tragedy of his life. To understand all that Jackson had and lost requires wiping away three decades of plastic surgeries that deformed him... more info

NME — There's an outpouring of grief for the King of Pop in LA more info

TMZ — In the moments following Michael Jackson's death -- so many people rushed to the Internet, that it practically stopped the entire WWW in its tracks.Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, AIM -- just a few of the scores of major web sites bombed by a tidal wav... more info

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NME — Wentz says he hopes the news about the star isn't true more info