“A Los Angeles city official confirmed that Michael Jackson is dead. The official said he died at 1:07 p.m. Pacific time.” (NYTimes.com, June 25, 2009)

“LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson, the child star turned King of Pop who set the world dancing but whose musical genius was overshadowed by a bizarre lifestyle and sex scandals, died on Thursday. He was 50.” (Bob Tourtellotte, Reuters, Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:27pm EDT).