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LOS ANGELES: Some said it could never happen, but, in the end, Michael Jackson proved them wrong. The King of Pop became the father of a healthy baby boy at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at 1 a.m. today. The New York Post reported that Jackson's wife, Debbie Rowe Jackson, actually gave birth early yesterday evening while a surgical-robe-clad Jackson looked on, tenderly murmuring, "My beautiful little boy." Other tabloids focused on what they said were the couple's unusual financial arrangements. One said that Mrs. Jackson will receive $1.24 million for bearing her husband a child and will rake in $2.4 million for Jackson to receive custody if the couple ever divorce, while a London paper put the payout at a relatively modest $528,000 for Jackson Junior's birth and said that the couple had used artificial insemination -- two charges that Jackson heatedly denied. The Jacksons left the hospital, notable also as the birthplace of Madonna's daughter, Lourdes, at about 8 a.m. Thursday morning, their destination unknown.