News of Jackson's death first spread online

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Gadgets  Fri, 06/26/2009 - 09:43

Pop singer Michael Jackson performs before a sold out crowd for his Bad tour at the Los Angeles Sports Arena in 1988.<br /><br />Jackson, 50, died in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 25, 2009. It was a where-were-you moment in a digital age.

Michael Jackson's death was not learned from a fatherly TV news anchor. Instead, the news first spread online.




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