Michael Jackson: how newspapers covered other celebrity deaths

Black and white: Michael Jackson's iconic glove on the cover of Brazilian newspaper Extra Photograph: Public domain

From boy to King of Pop, the Chicago Sun Times creates a Michael Jackson montage using pictures from throughout his life Photograph: Public domain

An older Michael Jackson waves for cameras. The Boston Herald puns on his nickname Photograph: Public domain

The death of Hollywood screen icon James Dean as reported on the cover of the Fairmount News in September 1955 Photograph: Bettmann/CORBIS

One clear message: British newspapers report the assassination of US President John F Kennedy in November 1963 Photograph: AP

A sense of disbelief emanates from the cover of the Commercial Appeal with the announcement of Elvis Presley's death in August 1977 Photograph: Blank Archives/Getty Images

The Memphis Press-Scimitar, a newspaper from Elvis Presley's hometown, mourns the death of the King of Rock'n'Roll Photograph: Blank Archives/Getty Images

Crowds gather outside John Lennon's apartment reading newspapers reporting on murder of the Beatles' singer in December 1980. Lennon was shot dead by Mark Chapman in New York Photograph: Jerry Soloway/ Bettmann/CORBIS

American newspapers headlining the death of singer and actor Frank Sinatra. The Rat Pack member died of a heart attack in May 1998 Photograph: Bernd Obermann/Ovoworks/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image

Conflicting reports are published about the death of Princess Diana after news breaks early on a Sunday morning in August 1997 Photograph: Tim Graham/Getty Images

Italy's morning newspapers report the death of the Princess of Wales Photograph: Domenico Stinellis/AP