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'King of Pop' Is Dead
Michael Jackson, global icon, was 50
So many people wanted to verify the early reports of Mr. Jackson's death that the computers running Google's news section interpreted the fusillade of "Michael Jackson" requests as an automated attack for about half an hour last evening.
In New York's Times Square, a low groan went up in the crowd when a screen flashed that Mr. Jackson had died, and people began relaying the news to friends by cell phone.
"No joke. King of Pop is no more. Wow," Michael Harris, 36, of New York, read from a text message a friend sent to his telephone. "It's like when Kennedy was assassinated. I will always remember being in Times Square when Michael Jackson died."
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Contact music critic Dan DeLuca at 215-854-5628 or ddeluca@phillynews.com.
