Michael Joseph Jackson
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He was a singer, composer and performer of American pop music and its variants. Known worldwide as "The King of Pop . He was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Ind. Their contribution to music, dance and fashion in addition to their advertised personal life made him a figure of popular culture. Scruse Son of Katherine Esther, a devout woman JW, and Joseph Walter Jackson, a factory worker and singer in a musical group called The Falcons. ; Michael Jackson had 9 siblings, of which 3 were women, Rebbie, La Toya and Janet, 6 males, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon Brandon (Marlon's twin who died shortly after birth) and Randy . During his childhood he grew up with his parents and eight siblings, he grew up in an environment of continuous abuse because the abuse he suffered by his father, as confirmed by his brother Tito. He said that on several occasions "Michael cried a lot because of the beating of his father" From an early age showed interest in music, she sang in the Christmas celebrations in kindergarten I attended.
began his career with his brothers in the band The Jackson 5 in the mid 60's. Published them ten albums. In 1971 started his solo career.
In 1978, the singer played the role of Scarecrow in The Wizard. On January 27, 1984, he filmed a commercial for Pesi Cola with other members family during the filming of the Michael Jackson , suffered second degree burns on her scalp and part of his face, that because of the fireworks used in a scene simulating a concert, had an explosion louder than expected.
After this episode Pepsi through a deal agreed out of court, give one and half million dollars as compensation for the injuries. After receiving this money is donated to Brotman Medical Center Culver City, California where he had attended. The May 14, 1984, was invited to the White House to receive a special prize was awarded to former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, for his humanitarian work. That same year Michael Jackson , won eight Grammys.
In 1985, with Lionel Richie and a large number of famous singers, among whom were Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen among others, launched USA for Africa, a musical production that contained the single "We Are the World", which brought millions of dollars to help the hungry people Ethiopia and became one of the best selling single in history.
In that year, ATV Music went on sale the copyright of the most representative songs of The Beatles, composed mostly by the songwriting team Lennon / McCartney. Jackson was interested in buying this catalog of songs having worked with McCartney, in early 1980. Finally, after ten months of negotiations, Michael acquired the catalog, after paying $ 47 million. Later, this ended in a feud with Paul, since he also was planning to buy
Due to the extraordinary impact of his album Thriller (1982), the biggest selling album in music history, Michael Jackson became the biggest star in pop music. Thriller stayed for 80 consecutive weeks in the top 10 on the Billboard 200 list , 37 of them on top of that publication. Thriller sold worldwide more than 110 million copies.
In 1986, he was diagnosed with vitiligo, so their skin was missing pigmentation. This condition meant I had to avoid exposure to sunlight. In order to give a tone more homogeneous your skin, make-up artist turned aje. The structure of his face also changed: many surgeons have speculated that it had operated the nose, lips and cheekbones, Michael admitted to having had a nose job, but denied everything else.
In early 1980, has started a strict vegetarian diet because they wanted a "dancer's body," as noted in his autobiography. Close to the artist sometimes claimed that he suffered from dizziness due to its low weight and also suffered from anorexia nervosa. In that decade, several newspapers published a photo of the artist was lying in an oxygen chamber and as they slept there to avoid aging, rumor was later denied by him. Also in those years there were other rumors that were denied by him, like he intended to buy the bones of called Elephant Man.  |
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In 1988 he published his first autobiography, Moonwalk , which sold two hundred thousand copies and became a bestseller of the year according to the newspaper The New York Times . It acknowledged having had a rhinoplasty and a chin surgery, and denied rumors that he had made any other facial surgeries. In March 1988, he bought a ranch in Santa Ynez, California, for seventeen million dollars to build there his Neverland ranch. This property was to be built an amusement park, a zoo and a cinema. In addition, forty people hired to deal with workplace safety. Neverland in 2003 was valued at one hundred million dollars. In 1989, thanks to sales of their albums and concerts, grossed an estimated $ 125 million, making it one of the highest paid artists in the world.
In 1992, the singer created the Heal the World Foundation in order to help her through the world's homeless children, victims of violence, poverty and illnesses. The June 27, 1992 began the Dangerous World Tour, tour ended November 11, 1993 and bringing together three and a half million people. All proceeds from the tour were donated to Heal the World Foundation.
One of the most acclaimed performances of Michael Jackson was the one place in the Super Bowl XXVII. When he appeared on stage, he did wearing a military jacket and a gold-colored sunglasses, and remained almost motionless for several minutes before standing ovation present. Then he slowly removed his glasses, then began to sing and dance. In this show she played the songs "Jam", "Billie Jean", "Black or White" and "Heal the World." This segment was followed in vivo by more than 135 million viewers in the U.S. alone.
In the summer of 1993, the singer was accused of sexually abusing Jordan Chandler, one of the many children who used to host at his Neverland ranch, part of the child and his father, Evan Chandler. Jordan, who was then thirteen years of age, have accused him of kissing, masturbating and being subjected to oral sex, the ensuing scandal had a serious effect on morale and public image of the singer, and therefore in his career.
At the request of justice, his Neverland Ranch was searched and several children and families accused the singer of being a pedophile. Her older sister, La Toya, also called him a pedophile, but later retracted it said. In his mansion, Michael Jackson had to undergo a medical examination to corroborate the descriptions that Jordan had made the genitals of the artist. Although some similarities were found in the descriptions made by the prosecutor, this was not enough for Jackson was convicted. Despite all the media coverage of the case, Jackson continued to hold his innocence. In March 2006, U.S. authorities ordered the closure of his Neverland ranch. Officially it was because of arrears of wages due to bureaucratic problems already solved, but here too the idea spread that the police sought evidence of its relations with minors
was the morning of June 25 2009, Michael Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest at his rented mansion in Holmby Hills, was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, despite the efforts he was pronounced dead. The first official report describes his death as "Raised by the mixture of painkillers" in which the prime suspect is Conrad Murray.
The public memorial was held on 7th July 2009, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, the public ceremony was followed live for about 2500 million people worldwide.
His funeral was held in private on September 3, 2009 in the Great Mausoleum (Holly Terrace) at the Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles.
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