The world has lost one of the greats, but his music will live on forever.
Michael Jackson whose brilliance as an entertainer was matched only by his eccentricity, died of cardiac arrest Thursday - as dramatically and mysteriously as he lived.
The 50-year-old music icon fell unconscious and stopped breathing at his rented home on Sunset Blvd. in Bel Air, officials said.
The cause of death is still unknown, but several British newspapers including the LondonTimes, Daily Mail and the Sun published reports Friday morning that linked the pop star's death to an injection of the painkiller Demerol, which the singer's aides told doctors he received after a round of strenuous rehearsals for his upcoming tour.
"He started to experience slow, shallow breathing," a source told the Sun.
Jackson's lawyer blamed the pop icon's sudden death on pressure from his inner circle in the weeks leading up to his planned series of comeback concerts in London, the Daily Mail reported.
The lawyer said Jackson had been taking drugs for several months as he struggled to get in shape for the physically demanding shows, the Mail reported.
Officials warned it could take several weeks to determine a cause of death due to a complex series of toxicology tests that will be performed to detect the possible presence of drugs or alchohol.
"His breathing gradually got slower and slower until it stopped. His staff started mouth-to-mouth and an ambulance was called, which got there in eight minutes."
Jackson's brother Jermaine spoke to the press Thursday night and said Michael's personal physician was with him at the time he fell ill
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