MICHAEL JACKSON, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the King of Pop and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died last night. He was 50.

The death of pop star Michael Jackson is expected to be officially confirmed at a press conference at UCLA hospital in Los Angeles today.

A mother has fallen to her death from a blazing Hollywood hotel as firefighters were about to rescue her.