MICHAEL JACKSON’S BIOGRAPHY

Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana on August 29(twenty nine), 195(one thousand nine
hundred and fifty eight) : Michael’s father, Joe Jackson, worked as a crane operator at a steel mil.
His mother, Katherine, took care of the familiy and sometimes took part time jobs. Both of
Michael’s parents loved music. His dad played guitar for an R&B band and his mother sang and
played the piano. Growing up, all of the Jackson children were encoraged to study music.

EARLY AGE OF MICHAEL JACKSON

Michael Jackson was interested in sinsing at

the age of 5, his family were fairly poor.
When Michael’s father joe Jackson saw that
his children were talented we made a band
of Jackson 5. At the age of 8 Michael Jackson
showed his parent how talented he was and
was gifted. Michael Jackson bécame the
leader and singing leader of the Jackson 5 gang because he was gifted.

TEENAGE LIFE

While still singing with the Jackson 5,

Michael had a number of solo albums. At
first his solo career didn’t take off, but he did
have a few hit songs including “Ben” and “
Got to be there”. However, in 1978 Michael
met music producer Quincy Jones while
working on the set of the movie. The wiz. He
broke away from the family band and
worked on his firts “grown up” álbum.

In 1979, Michael released the álbum Off the

wall. It was a huge hit and had four top ten
songs inclusing the number one singles “
rock with you” and “ Don’t stop ‘till you get enough” Michael was now one of the biggest stars in
music.

MICHAEL JACKSON ADULT LIFE

Michael Jackson bécame more famous and he was called the King of pop Michael was married
twice. His first marriage was to Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of the famous rock Singer. He had two
children, Michael Joseph Jackson and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, with Debbie before they
were divorced. Michael also had a third child, Prince Michael Jackson II, but the mother’s identity
is unknown.

MICHAEL JACKSON DEATH

Michael Jackson, the “King

of pop# died on June 25,
2009 at age 50. His death
was sudden and
unexpected, leaving many
grieving fans wondering
what happened. An
unidentified man called 911
from Jackson’s California
mansión at 12:21 p.m.He
reported that Jackson was unconscious and not breathing . In excerpts from the call, the man said
that Jackson’s personal doctor was the only other person present and was performing
cariopulmonary resuscitation on the unconscious Jackson without results.

ARGUMENTS

I chose Michael Jackson, because he is one of the most influential artists in the World. Despite the
negative things that the media said about him, Michael was a great man as he helped the children
of the World, donating millions of dolars, to foundations. I admire his music since some have the
way of taking care of the World.