Biography of MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON

Born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana (United States), Michael Joseph Jackson was the
seventh of Joseph and Katherine Jackson's nine sons. He began his career being only an 11
years old boy with his siblings in the Jackson Five, with whom he launched successful issues
like I Want You Back. However, at the age of five he had shown an incredible talent for the
song in a school Christmas function. The pressure of the sales, the fame, the disputes with his
brothers, companions of Travel in the Jackson Five, all formed an indissoluble part of a
childhood that culminated when at the age of twelve he was already considered a world star.

World fame came with his solo career, which began in 1979 with the album Off the Wall, which
included successes like Don't Stop ' Til You Get enough and Rock with you. Its second album,
Thriller, of 1982, is the most sold album of the history.

With a unique style and personality, Michael Jackson is an icon in the history of music that has
influenced many artists of later generations. Enigmatic, ambiguous, mysterious with his great
hobbies and touches of generosity, Jackson won 13 Grammy awards and sold about 750
million records. He also highlighted for his work in solidarity, helping a multitude of charitable
causes through his foundation, especially those related to childhood. Fame brought him the
adoration of the public and his style, always original and groundbreaking (has become
obsessed with cosmetic surgery), marked trend, while Neverland, his huge ranch, became the
symbol and place of pilgrimage of his loyal fans, just like Graceland was for Elvis fans.

But more than his professional life, since the years 90 it was his personal life that monopolized
the headlines because of his eccentric lifestyle. His figure was embroiled in the scandal after
being charged on two occasions of child abuse: the first, in 1993, for which he was not tried
because of lack of evidence; And the second, in 2005, by which he was tried and acquitted.
Since then his life has revolved around the controversy and in 2008 he definitely lost his ranch
in Neverland for not being able to face debts of more than 20 million euros.

In 1993, Jackson married in secret in the Dominican Republic with Lisa Marie Presley, only
daughter of Elvis Presley

In 1997, the singer remarried, this time with nurse Deborah Jeanne Rowe, with whom it had
its two eldest sons: Michael Joseph Jackson, and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson. They
divorced in 1999, and Rowe gave Jackson total custody of the children. His third son, Prince
Michael Jackson II, was born in 2002 without the artist revealing the identity of the child's
mother, although it came to be said that he had used a surrogate mother.

At the end del2008, and after many media speculated on the possibility that Michael Jackson
suffered from a genetic disease and urgently needed a lung transplant, the official spokesman
of the artist sent a statement in which he delied Categorically such information. Rumors about
his state of health were continuous during the 2008 and early 2009 (it was said that he had a
bacterium that was destroying his Skin and lung cancer), however, representatives and
responsible for his last tour that never came to be celebrated due to his sudden death, each of
them denied.
However, the sudden announcement of a farewell tour made Michael shut up many mouths.
After several potholes in his career, in 2009, the King of Pop promised, in a massive press
conference, to return with strength. With the same with which he wielded a microphone when
he scarcely blunted the ground. Michael announced that he was preparing a tour of about 50
concerts in the O2 Arena, London, where he thought goodbye to the top of the scenes playing
the songs that their fans wanted.

Michael got to work to give his fans the best he knew how to do, sing and dance. Jackson
practiced choreography and prepared a show that promised to leave everyone with his mouth
open.

His sudden death shocked the world, and in every corner of the planet someone mourned the
death of the king of Pop. His funeral held on July 6, 2009 at the Staples Center Stadium,
became a tribute to his music, a meeting of friends and a massive farewell. There were their
children, their parents, their brothers and all those who at some point in their lives shared a
few minutes with Michael.

And after an exhaustive autopsy and something more than two months after his sudden death,
on September 3, 2009, the body of the King of Pop was buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in
Glendale, Los Angeles. To the burial, of an intimate character and guarded by strong security
measures, came about a hundred people among whom were the family and friends more
intimate of the king of the pop.

The burial was presided by the gold-plated coffin of the artist and ' guarded ' by two great
images of the King of Pop and during the ceremony Michael's music was the soundtrack AYKOL
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