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LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted "King of Pop" who emerged from childhood super
stardom to become the entertainment world's most influential singer and dancer before his life and career deteriorated in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. He was 50.
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LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted "King of Pop" who emerged from childhood super
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