عنوان درس: مرگ مایکل جسکون اسطوره موسیقی

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Michael Jackson's body was airlifted from hospital to the coroner's office in downtown Los Angeles. TV stations here carried live coverage of the helicopter's journey. An autopsy will be carried out later today to establish the precise cause of his death.

Paramedics had been called to the Beverly Hills mansion Michael Jackson had been renting whilst he prepared for a series of fifty sold-out shows in London next month. The singer's brother Jermain told a news conference that after they failed to resuscitate him, Jackson was transferred to a nearby hospital where a team of doctors worked for more than an hour in a vain attempt to revive him.

Only a few hours earlier Michael Jackson had been rehearsing at a local sports stadium, but concerns about his fitness for the concert tour had already begun to circulate, amid reports that he was looking frail. Hundreds of fans have maintained a vigil outside the hospital to which he was taken, some to mourn his passing, others to celebrate his music.

For the all the controversy that surrounded the latter part of his career several commentators here have likened his musical legacy to that of Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Elvis Presley.

David Willis, BBC News, Los Angeles

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airlifted
was airlifted با هواپیما یا هلیکوپتر انتقال یافت

coroner's office
محل کار پزشک قانونی

carried live coverage
به طور زنده پخش کردند

paramedics
پیراپزشکان

sold-out shows
برنامه هایی که تمام بلیط هایشان پیش فروش شده

resuscitate
تنفس مصنوعی دادن

vain attempt
تلاش بیهوده

frail
ضعیف، ناتوان

maintained a vigil
مراسم دعا ( برای بهبود حال مایکل جکسون) برگزار کردند

mourn his passing
برای مرگ او عزاداری می کنند