The death of American entertainer Michael Jackson triggers an outpouring of worldwide grief as online reactions cause the flow of internet traffic to surge to unprecedented and historic levels.

On June 25, 2009, American singer Michael Jackson died of acute propofol intoxication in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 50. His personal physician, Conrad Murray, said that he found Jackson in his bedroom at his North Carolwood Drive home in the Holmby Hills area of the city not breathing…