Reports: Michael Jackson Is Dead - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.comBy The New York Times June 25, 2009 5:41 pm June 25, 2009 5:41 pm This post is written by Jon Pareles, Ben Sisario and Brian Stelter in New York and Brooks Barnes in Los Angeles. Michael Jackson, the singer, songwriter and dancer who earned the title “King of Pop” in a career that reached unprecedented peaks of sales and attention, died Thursday, a Los Angeles city official said. He was 50. Update
