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Michael Jackson dies

King of Pop, 52, suffers cardiac arrest and dies at UCLA Medical Center

Michael Jackson's 50-concert comeback bid in London next month was intended to wash away the taint of freakish scandals and restore him to glory as the "King of Pop." But the curtain will never rise.

In an instant Thursday, the man who moonwalked above the music world was gone, leaving a shot at redemption unfulfilled and fans and pop starsalike in anguish and shock.

"I can't stop...

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