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Tributes pour in for King of Pop

Tributes flooded in today for pop legend Michael Jackson.

Leading the tributes was his ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley.

In a statement reported on the BBC website, she said: "I am so very sad and confused with every emotion possible.

"I am heartbroken for his children, who I know were everything to him and for his family. This is such a massive loss on so many levels, words fail me."

A host of celebrities from the music and entertainment worlds lined up to acknowledge the star's genius.

Madonna said in a statement on the BBC website: "I can't stop crying over the sad news.

"I've always admired Michael Jackson - the world has lost one of its greats but his music will live on forever.

"My heart goes out to his three children and other members of his family. God bless."

Friend and psychic Uri Geller told the Press Association from his home in Sonning, Berkshire: "I'm shocked and devastated. I am hoping this is a dream I will wake up from, but it is not. Michael is dead.

"For him not to be around, that he's gone, is just surreal. It cannot sink into my psyche. He was a genius."

He said he feared it may have been the "stress" of Jackson's planned comeback tour that killed him.

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