Mamwe matsime anoreva kuti Jackson akamira kufema mushure mekuratidzira kunotevera kweanodhaka anonakidza. Chiremba pachavo aive pedyo nekumwe kwayedza kumuita iye wekufema kufema uye akakonzera ambulensi. Vanachiremba vakasvika mumaminitsi masere uye vakatanga kudzokorora mabasa. Vakaedza kuvhura moyo wemurwere munzira yekuchipatara, asi isina kubudirira. Pachave ne autopsy nhasi. Hama Jackson Jackson Jackson vakataura kuti "munguva yakaoma iyi yemhuri tinokumbira venhau kuti varemekedze kodzero yehupenyu hwedu hwepedyo."
Nezvechipatara zvakaunganidza mazana evanhu nehama dzeMichael vanhu. Vanhu vachiri kugona kuzvitenda.
"Takarasikirwa nehunyanzvi uye mukuru wemumhanzi," akadaro muimbi Justin Limberlake. SEAN SEAN "CONSE" Coms yakataura kuti Jackson vakamudzidzisa kuti "kutenda muzvishamiso", uye velikif gin kubva kumafuro "mimhanzi". Britney mapfumo, akatenda naJackson kuti "akurudzire kukurudzira kwaakamuunza muhupenyu hwake hwese." Director weiyo Thriller Clip John Landis akapemberera tarenda raJackson, achiwedzera akafara kumuziva uye kushanda pamwe naye. California Gavhuna Arnold Schwarzenegger mune yakakosha akataura kuti anoshungurudza nezverufu "mumwe wehuwandu hwakanyanya uye hwekufananidzira hwedanda remimhanzi." Musoro wenyika wakacherekedza izvozvo, kunyangwe nehupenyu hwega Jackson 'hwakakomba "mibvunzo" "Ini handigoni kudzora misodzi. Nyika yakarasikirwa nemumwe wevanonyanya kuimba, asi mimhanzi yake ichararama nekusingaperi. Mwoyo wangu wave nevana vake vatatu uye dzimwe nhengo dzemhuri. Mwari anochengeta mwari," akapfupikisa madonna.