Michael Jackson Biography
The legendary American singer Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana (USA). He was the seventh of nine children in the Jackson family.
At the age of five, Michael became a member of the Jackson 5 family band and soon took over as lead vocalist.
In 1968, the Jackson 5 signed with Motown Records and recorded such hits as I Want You Back, ABC, The Love You Save and I'll Be There.
The singer finally secured the status of the first star in the world show business - his composition Black Or White became a number one hit on both sides of the ocean.
In September 1993, a Michael Jackson concert took place in Moscow, at the Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Stadium.
Jackson released the double album HIStory, which paired a disc of 15 new songs with a biggest hits disc. The album has sold 7 million copies in the US (15 million worldwide).
In 1996, Jackson's second performance in Russia took place at the Dynamo Stadium in Moscow.
In 1997, an album of dance remixes for tracks from HIStory - Blood on the Dancefloor appeared in stores.
The album Invincible, released in October 2001, contained 16 tracks, including the single You rock my world, which featured the legendary actor Marlon Brando in the video. In the same year, Michael recorded the song What more can I give, the proceeds of which went to charity.
In the same year, the last live concert performance of the singer took place with the anniversary program Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary.
Michael Jackson's greatest hits album Number Ones was released in 2003. The only original track on this disc, One More Chance, spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard charts.
In 2004, Jackson released the anniversary edition of Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection, a five-disc collection of his biggest hits, demos, and an additional DVD of live recordings from the Dangerous tour.
In August 2008, Michael Jackson released an original studio album titled King of Pop. The collection consisted of compositions based on poems by the great Scottish poet of the 18th century, Robert Burns.
Jackson's album Thriller 25, released in February 2008 to mark the 25th anniversary of the release of the legendary Thriller album, was a great success. The new compilation includes nine original tracks from the old album, as well as remixes and a new song For All Time.
The disc reached number one on the charts in eight European countries, reached number two in the US and number three in the UK charts. In the US, 166,000 copies of this disc were sold.
The singer and his family lived in his own residence in Las Vegas.
The cause of the death of the King of Pop was an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol.
At the Staples sports and entertainment complex in Los Angeles, a memorial ceremony of farewell to Michael Jackson was held.
He was buried at Glendale Forest Lawn Cemetery near Los Angeles.
A US court has sentenced Michael Jackson's former personal physician Conrad Murray to four years in prison for manslaughter. According to investigators, Murray gave the musician an excessive dose of the drug propofol, which, in interaction with other drugs, including sedatives, caused the death of the singer.
During the creative career of Michael Jackson, the total circulation of his albums amounted to 750 million copies worldwide. Jackson's Thriller remains the best-selling album of all time, with four other albums (Off the Wall, Bad, Dangerous and HIStory) among the world's best-selling albums.
Michael Jackson has won over 350 music awards, including 15 Grammy Awards (14 for solo career and one for the Jackson 5).
Jackson is one of the few musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice (as part of the Jackson 5 and as a solo artist).
Michael Jackson was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the most successful artist of all time. Jackson's album Thriller was also included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the best-selling album of all time.
Throughout his life, Michael Jackson has undergone many plastic surgeries, some of which he had to do due to a rare genetic skin disease - vitiligo (characterized by the development of white spots). Jackson's skin began to lighten in the 1980s. The singer denied that he intentionally wants to change his skin color.
Jackson's health was undermined not only by frequent illnesses and operations. Michael Jackson was tried twice on charges of child molestation, in 1993 and 2003. The first case was closed for lack of evidence. 16 years after the scandal erupted, upon learning of the death of Michael Jackson, the person involved in the first case, Jordan Chandler, admitted that all his public accusations were groundless.
As a result of the second process, Jackson was fully acquitted.
Michael Jackson has been repeatedly sued by his business partners.
Michael Jackson has been married twice. The first time was on Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie Presley. The marriage did not last long, from 1994 to 1996, but the stars remained friends. In 1996, Michael Jackson married former nurse Debbie Rowe. During their three years of marriage, they had two children: a son, Prince Michael Joseph Jackson Sr. (born in 1997) and a daughter, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson (born in 1998). Jackson's third child, Prince Michael Jackson II (born in 2002), was born by a surrogate mother.
Releases released after the death of the singer continue to be popular with his fans. According to Media Traffic, the singles collection of the singer This Is It became the leader of sales in the music industry in 2009, in 2011 the sales ratings were headed by the studio album Michael. Michael Jackson's second posthumous album Xcape was the best-selling album of 2014.
The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources
The legendary American singer Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana (USA). He was the seventh of nine children in the Jackson family.
At the age of five, Michael became a member of the Jackson Five family band and soon took over as lead vocalist.
In 1968, the Jackson Five signed a contract with Motown Records and recorded such hits as I Want You Back, ABC, The Love You Save and I "ll Be There. In the mid-1970s, the popularity of the Jackson Five began to decline, and a solo career Michael began to gain momentum.
In 1977, Michael Jackson made his debut in the film-musical The Wiz, which began his long-term collaboration with the famous producer and composer Quincy Jones. Together with him, Michael released a solo album Off the Wall in 1979. The disc took the top lines of the US and UK charts, and for the song Don "t Stop" Til You Get Enough, Jackson received his first Grammy statuette.
In 1982, the singer released his second album Thriller. The album became one of the most commercially successful in the history of pop music - its circulation amounted to 70 million copies worldwide. The Thriller disc brought Michael seven Grammy awards.
A video clip was shot for the album's main song of the same name, which is considered to be the beginning of the active development of the music video.
In 1983, at the Motown 25 years show, Michael Jackson walked his famous "moonwalk" for the first time.
In 1987, the singer released the album Bad. All the singles from this album reached the first lines of the charts. The album was sold with a circulation of 29 million copies.
In the same year, Jackson's autobiography Moonwalker was published.
In 1991, Michael Jackson signed a major contract with Sony Music and released his solo album Dangerous.
The singer finally secured the status of the first star in the world show business - his composition Black Or White became a number one hit on both sides of the ocean.
In September 1993, a Michael Jackson concert took place in Moscow, at the Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Stadium.
In 1995, Jackson released the double album HIStory, which paired a disc of 15 new songs with a greatest hits disc. The album has sold 7 million copies in the US (15 million worldwide).
In 1996, Jackson's second performance in Russia took place at the Dynamo Stadium in Moscow.
In 1997, an album of dance remixes for tracks from HIStory - Blood on the Dancefloor appeared in stores.
The album Invincible, released in October 2001, contained 16 tracks, including the single You rock my world, which featured the legendary actor Marlon Brando in the video. In the same year, Michael recorded the song What more can I give, the proceeds of which went to charity.
Michael Jackson's greatest hits album Number Ones was released in 2003. The only original track on this disc, One More Chance, spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard charts.
In 2004, Jackson released the anniversary edition of Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection, a five-disc collection of his biggest hits, demos, and an additional DVD of live recordings from the Dangerous tour.
In August 2008, Michael Jackson released an original studio album titled King of Pop. The collection consisted of compositions based on poems by the great Scottish poet of the 18th century, Robert Burns.
Jackson's album Thriller 25, released in February 2008 to mark the 25th anniversary of the release of the legendary Thriller album, was a great success. The new compilation includes nine original tracks from the old album, as well as remixes and a new song For All Time.
The disc reached number one on the charts in eight European countries, reached number two in the US and number three in the UK charts. It was sold in the USA.
As a forensic medical examination established, the king of pop music became an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol.
July 7, 2009 at the Staples sports and entertainment complex in Los Angeles was held with Michael Jackson.
Michael Jackson has been married twice. The first time was on Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie Presley. The marriage did not last long, from 1994 to 1996, but the stars remained friends. In 1996, Michael Jackson married former nurse Debbie Rowe. For three years of marriage, they had two children: a son, Prince Michael Joseph Jackson Sr. (1997) and a daughter, Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson (1998). Jackson's third child, Prince Michael Jackson II (2002), was born via a surrogate mother.
The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources
The name of Michael Jackson has long been a legend. Life of Michael Jackson.
Michael Jackson died on the night of June 25-26, 2009 in Los Angeles. The news of his untimely death instantly spread throughout the world, shocking not only fans, but also envious people. The name of Jackson by that time had long become a legend, and, despite numerous reports of illnesses, no one expected such a sudden death.
On the morning of June 25, 2009, Michael collapsed while in a house he was renting in Holmby Hills, West Los Angeles. Jackson's personal physician, cardiologist Conrad Murray, later reported through his lawyer that he went up to the second floor and found Jackson in bed, no longer breathing, but with a weak pulse in the femoral artery. Murray began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). After 5-10 minutes, Murray decided to make a phone call, but there was no landline in the bedroom, and Murray did not want to call on a cell phone, because he did not know the address of Jackson's house. While Murray was looking for a security guard to use his phone to call emergency services, 30 minutes passed. At 12:21 p.m. local time, a 911 call was recorded. It was not Murray who called, but a home security worker.
Arriving 3 minutes and 17 seconds after the call, the doctors found Jackson no longer breathing with a cardiac arrest and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation for 42 minutes. According to Murray's lawyer, a UCLA doctor ordered the medical team to give a direct injection of adrenaline into Jackson's heart. The lawyer noted that all the time while Jackson was at home, he still had a pulse. Efforts to bring Jackson back to life continued along the way and for an hour after arriving at the University of California Medical Center (UCLA) at 1:14 p.m. The effect was not achieved. Death was pronounced at 14:26 local time.
Thousands of fans of the singer immediately gathered near the hospital. They literally surrounded the porch, filling it with soft toys and flowers and filling everything around with photographs of the singer and candles. Fans also turned out to mourn at the deserted home in Gary, Indiana, where Jackson spent his childhood, and at New York City's massive Times Square downtown.
Most people did not learn the exciting news from the newspapers. People called each other, sent messages, wrote blogs. In terms of the scale of the tragedy, Jackson's death can only be compared with the death of Princess Diana or the assassination of President Kennedy.
Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958. He was the seventh of nine children in the Jackson family. At the age of four, Michael was already on stage. A little later, he began performing with his older brothers Jackie, Tito, German and Marlon in the group "The Jackson 5", which was invented by their father Joseph. And although Michael was the youngest, it was he who attracted the most attention, sang, danced best of all, knew how to charm the audience and eventually became a real star of the team.
In the late 1960s, The Jackson 5 signed with Motown Records and began to release hot hits one after another throughout the next decade. Simultaneously with the work in the family band, Michael did successful solo projects.
Active Michael was always just not enough. So, in 1978, he starred with the young Diana Ross in the feature film The Wizard, an African-American remake of The Wizard of Oz. The film did not become a classic of American cinema, but it was of great importance for Michael, because on the set he met the great music producer Quincy Jones, who worked on the film's musical accompaniment.
It was Quincy who helped Michael Jackson get his next album, 1979's Off The Wall, multi-platinum, turning a singing black handsome boy into a pop music superstar. The album included the hits Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough and Rock With You, and the record sold 10 million copies.
In 1982, Jackson broke not only his own record, but also set an unattainable bar for subsequent generations. The Thriller album did not have time to re-release, more than 50 million copies were sold worldwide. Michael Jackson received seven Grammy Awards for this album. Another world record for Thriller is a 37-week chart lead that no one has yet surpassed.
Thriller's sensational success lay in never-before-seen, enchanting and amazingly beautiful music videos for "Billie Jean", "Beat It" and "Thriller". Jackson was the first to make a small film out of a clip, to make video a means of transferring music, to spit on the laws of the genre, setting his own. Michael broke any stereotypes that got in his way. Jackson became the first black guy on American MTV
Having passed the peak, Michael continued to hold on to a huge height of popularity. The 1987 Bad album sold 25 million copies, and in 1991 Dangerous sold 23 million copies.
In 1993, Michael became famous on the Oprah Winfrey show, which was filmed at his home - at the Land of Eternal Childhood ranch in Santa Yanez, California. The interview lasted 1.5 hours and attracted almost 100 million viewers, becoming the most watched show of the year.
In 1995, Michael released the ambitious and ingenious double album HIStory Past, Present and Future Book I, consisting of 15 greatest hits of the past years and 15 new songs, which are still considered his most touching and soulful compositions. During the year, the album became platinum six times in the United States and is still successfully sold, being the most sought-after double album in the world.
Jackson easily masters new musical genres and techniques, creating a wave ahead of time. In subsequent years, he released the albums "Blood On The Dance floor: HIStory In The Mix", "Invincible", "Number 1's", which includes re-released old songs and new compositions, as well as a 44-minute DVD "Michael Jackson - The One" with footage from the CBS archives, including his concerts, off-stage footage, and footage from the HIStory tour.
In 1996, Jackson marries nurse Debbie Rowe, who gives him two sons (born in 1997 and 2002) and a daughter (born in 1998). Jackson says that fatherhood is the main dream of his life.
From 2003 to 2005, the whole world is discussing a high-profile court case: Michael Jackson is accused of child molestation. After long meetings and trials, Michael is found not guilty on all counts, but a long tense lawsuit undermines the singer's health, so after the trial he leaves for the island of Bahrain and becomes a hermit.
In March 2009, Michael announced that he was going to play the last series of concerts in London called This is it Tour. A series of 10 concerts at The O2 arena, with a capacity of 20 thousand people, was supposed to start on July 13, 2009 and end on March 6, 2010. However, the demand for tickets exceeded all expectations, and the organizers planned additional performances.
According to the doctors who examined Jackson, the singer's health completely allowed him to conduct such a difficult tour ...
The day after Jackson's death, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) began investigating an unusual and high-profile case. They started talking about a new version of the cause of the singer's death - murder.
On July 1, 2009, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) joined the investigation. The DEA, having the power to investigate issues normally protected by doctor-patient privilege, could examine all of Jackson's prescription medications. California Attorney General Jerry Brown said the DEA used CURES, a prescription database containing information about all prescribed drugs, doctors, doses and patients, to investigate. On July 9, William Bratton, LAPD chief, said the investigation was focused on murder or accidental overdose, but that full toxicology reports from the coroners should be awaited.
On August 24, 2009, the conclusions of a forensic medical examination were made public - death was due to an overdose of the potent anesthetic propofol. A number of other potent substances (lorazepam, diazepam, midazolam) were also found in the blood.
On August 28, the Los Angeles coroner announced that Michael Jackson's death would be qualified as a homicide. Cardiologist Conrad Murray, Michael's personal physician, was charged with manslaughter.
The case is still gathering new details. According to the latest testimony, when the singer's heart stopped, Murray interrupted the initial resuscitation procedure he had begun in order to hide the drugs that he illegally injected celebrities.
However, what difference does it make now ... Michael Jackson still cannot be revived with new details about his death.
“In the end, the most important thing is to be honest with yourself and your loved ones and work hard. What is now will not be tomorrow. Dare. Fight. Improve and cultivate your talent. Be the best at what you do. Learn more about your occupation than anyone alive. Use the tools to present yourself - be it books, or the floor to dance, or water to swim. Wherever it is, it's yours. That's what I always try to remember."
Michael Jackson.
Childhood: humiliation and first glory
The boy, later recognized as the King of Pop, was born in the town of Gary, Indiana. The boy's parents, Joseph Jackson and Katherine Vinta, married in November 1949. They were brought together by a love of music: the future father of the family was a bluesman, played the guitar, and his mother, half Indian, half mulatto, a native of the rural outback, was obsessed with country music. 
19-year-old Catherine quickly realized that family life was by no means as rosy as in her fantasies. Joseph proved himself to be a real person, turning out to be an unsociable and even cruel person.
When Michael was born in 1958, there were already seven children in the Jackson family. Joseph's strict disciplinarian approach to raising children was harsh: he humiliated his children both morally and physically. The singer's brother Marlon said that his father dissolved his hands for the slightest offense. In an effort to accustom children to order, at night he put on a terrible mask, sneaked up under the windows of the nursery and roared in different ways (later Michael admitted that he was constantly tormented by nightmares as a child). The mother, on the other hand, forced her sons to study the Bible and took them to meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Only in 1993, Michael Jackson told Oprah Winfrey in the studio that in those years he constantly cried and felt lonely, he was literally sick of communicating with his father.
In 1964, the brothers formed The Jacksons. The original line-up consisted of the elders Tito, Jeremy and Jackie, while Michael and Marlon were backup musicians, playing tambourine and congo. Later, Michael took the place of the backing vocalist, and also accompanied each performance with dancing. The strict father watched the band's rehearsals with a belt in his hands and used leather weapons if he didn't like something.
In 1966, it was decided to rename the group to "Jackson 5" ("Jackson's Five"), and Michael became the lead singer. The young musicians won the city talent competition with the song "I Got You (I Feel Good)", after which they went on tour in the Midwest, which lasted until 1968. Michael and his brothers performed in strip clubs for "blacks", warming up the audience before the start of the show.
In 1970, the Jackson Brothers went national with their first singles to the top of the US Billboard chart. Even then, Michael riveted the attention of the public with eccentric dances, which he copied from Jackie Wilson and James Brown.
"Jackson 5" at the show "American Bandstand", 1970
The beginning of a solo career
In 1973, the Jackson 5 became involved in a conflict with their record label, Motown Records. This did not prevent Michael from releasing 4 solo albums in collaboration with the label: the debut "Got to Be There" (1972), which sold over five million copies, "Ben" (1972), "Music & Me" (1973), and, finally, "Forever , Michael" (1975). 
In 1976, the Jacksons signed a contract with CBS Records, after which they had to return the name "The Jacksons" - Motown retained the rights to "Jackson's Five" for themselves.
Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz
In 1978, Michael Jackson took part in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with Diana Ross. The set brought him together with music director Quincy Jones, who took the talented singer who played the Scarecrow under his wing.
The first fruits of cooperation made themselves felt in 1979, when Michael Jackson presented the public with his fifth solo album "Off the Wall" (translated into Russian - "Alien to Conventions"). With the recording of the album, the musician was helped by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. Four singles from the record hit the first lines of the Billboard Hot charts: "Don't Stop "Til You Get Enough", "Rock with You", "She's Out of My Life" and "Off the Wall". sold 20 million copies of the album.
King of pop music
By the early 80s, Michael Jackson had already achieved phenomenal success, and ahead of the fans was waiting for a new album, Thriller. Work on it was carried out for 8 months; The album included 9 tracks, 4 of which Michael wrote on his own. 
The record was released in November 1982, and in just a year received the status of the best-selling album in history, keeping it for several decades. In the US alone, fans of the black singer have bought 26 million copies, and in the world this figure has exceeded 109 million. The album topped the Billboard 200 for 37 weeks and stayed on the list for two years.
The album was a breakthrough in music and, in addition, broke the latest racial stereotypes in the pop industry: three videos of Michael Jackson ("Thriller", "Billie Jean", "Beat It") got into MTV rotation, and the musician was invited to the White House meeting with Ronald Reagan.
Michael Jackson demonstrates "moonwalk" for the first time
In 1983, on the 25th anniversary of Motown Records, Michael Jackson debuted his famous "moonwalk" performance of "Billie Jean" for the first time, as well as a 14-minute video for the song "Thriller", which set new music video standards.
Michael Jackson - "Thriller" Full Clip
In 1984, Michael's work was again at the top of the charts. This time the single "Say Say Say", recorded together with Paul McCartney, got there. The following year, Jackson bought out a controlling stake in ATV Music Publishing, which owns the rights to most of The Beatles' songs, which caused a spat with McCartney, who also claims securities.
In March 1985, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie recorded the song "We Are the World". All commercial proceeds, which exceeded $61 million, were given to help the starving children of Africa.
Michael Jackson's seventh studio album ("Bad", 1987) did not repeat the phenomenal success of the previous record, but still stayed on the first line of the Billboard 200 for 6 weeks, sold 29 million copies and gave the world several hits, including the composition " I Just Can't Stop Loving You", "Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel", "Dirty Diana", "Smooth Criminal" and "Man in the Mirror".
Immediately after the release of the album, Michael Jackson went on his first international solo tour "Bad Tour", visiting 15 countries with 123 concerts over the next three years. Jackson turned each performance into a brilliant show: he demonstrated crazy dance steps, communicated with the audience. During one of the London concerts, he got into the Guinness Book of Records - a record half a million spectators came to the performance.
In 1989, Elizabeth Taylor called Michael Jackson "the real king of pop, rock and soul music" during the Soul Train Music Awards. Fans shortened her phrase - "King of Pop", and this nickname stuck with Michael forever.
In 1991, Michael delighted fans with new material by releasing his eighth solo album Dangerous. The release was preceded by the premiere of the video for the song "Black or White", which topped the charts for 5 weeks.
Michael Jackson - "Black or White", 1991
Michael Jackson in Russia
In September 1993, Jackson visited Russia for the first time. The concert took place at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow in the pouring rain. After that, the Dessa company, which spent a million dollars on organizing the event, went bankrupt, and the stadium was closed for repairs.Michael Jackson in Moscow 1996 ORT
In 1995, the double album HIStory: Past, Present and Future - Book I, a collection of the musician's greatest hits, which included 15 new songs, went on sale. Among them was the sad ballad Stranger in Moscow. When the fans asked why the song turned out so sad, did he really not like it in Moscow, Michael replied that the audience at the Moscow concert was almost the most welcoming in his memory, but at that moment he was shackled by a feeling of "all-consuming loneliness and cold."
The second time the king of pop visited Moscow in September 1996 - he gave a concert at the Dynamo stadium, met with Yuri Luzhkov and Igor Krutoy.
Later career
The next studio album ("Invincible") Michael Jackson released only in 2001. It consists of 16 tracks, which were collaborated with Michael by Notorious B.I.G. (composition "Unbreakable"), Chris Tucker ("You Rock My World") and Carlos Santana ("Whatever Happens"). 
The musician dedicated the album to the tragic events in Oslo - on January 26, 2001, 16-year-old Afro-Norwegian Benjamin Hermansen was killed by neo-Nazis. A close friend of the deceased, Omer Bhatti, was also a good friend of Michael Jackson, so the musician took the death of a teenager especially hard.
After the release of the album, Michael Jackson organized a performance dedicated to the 30th anniversary of his solo career at Madison Square Garden. For the first time since 1984, he took to the stage with the former "Jackson Five", and also sang along with Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, N'Sync and Usher.
In 2003, Michael released the hits compilation Number Ones, which included several previously unreleased tracks, including the brand new track "One More Chance".
At this time, Michael was accused of child molestation, and although the musician was acquitted, due to the hype that arose in the press, many celebrities refused to collaborate with Jackson to record a charity song in memory of the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The composition "I Have This Dream" was eventually recorded, but never appeared on sale.
In 2004, a five-disc set "Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection" Box Set" was released with 13 previously unreleased songs, and in August 2008, a collection of hits "King of Pop", dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Michael Jackson.
Michael Jackson planned to release his eleventh studio album in 2009.
Michael Jackson's personal life
Michael Jackson has been married twice. The first wife of the musician was the daughter of the King of Rock and Roll - Elvis Presley. Jackson first met Lisa Marie Presley in 1975 at an MGM Grand Hotel event in Las Vegas, but at that time she was only 8 years old. 
The next meeting took place in 1993. After that, they began to chat and quickly became best friends; Lisa supported him during a period when it seemed that everyone turned their backs on Jackson. One day he asked a girl on the phone: "If I asked you to marry me, would you do it?" Six months later, they secretly got married in the Dominican Republic. In 1996, their marriage broke up, but the former spouses remained friends.
Michael was going through a divorce very hard, which made his disease [vitiligo] worse. During a visit to personal dermatologist Arnold Klein, he met his assistant, Debbie Rowe. They started talking, and Debbie asked Michael what made him sad the most about the situation. The musician replied that he deeply regretted that he had not acquired common children with Lisa. Then the woman invited Jackson to bear his child so that he could experience the happiness of fatherhood.
Michael happily agreed. The woman gave birth to two children - the son of Prince Michael Joseph Jackson and the daughter of Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson. In 1999, Debbie considered mission accomplished and filed for divorce, relinquishing all parental rights.
In 2002, Michael Jackson had a second son, Prince Michael Joseph Jackson II. The musician kept the name of the surrogate mother who carried the child a secret.
Michael Jackson with his son on the balcony of a hotel in Berlin
During the artist's tour in Berlin, one journalist managed to shoot a video of Michael Jackson standing on the hotel balcony and holding his youngest son in his hand. The press made a real scandal out of the video, accusing the singer of careless handling of the child. After this incident, the artist began to be wary of the press and hide all the details from his personal life, and if the Jacksons appeared in public together, the faces of the children were hidden by masks.
Allegations of pedophilia
In 1988, Michael purchased 112 hectares of land in California, near the town of Santa Barbara. In this place, the musician who retired from general attention could finally be himself. He rebuilt the ranch, turning it into the dream of every child: a mansion resembling a fairy-tale palace, a miniature railway, carousels, a zoo, a huge variety of colorful sculptures ... He called the created amusement park "Neverland", in honor of the book about Peter Pan, the boy who never will not become an adult. 
In 1993, the singer was accused of molesting thirteen-year-old Jordan Chandler, who was a fan of the artist and a frequent visitor to Neverland Ranch. The son admitted to his father, Evan Chandler, that during the visits, Jackson forced the boy to touch his genitals. During the investigation, Michael even had to demonstrate his "dignity" so that the jury could compare the boy's descriptions with reality.
As a result, a settlement was concluded: the Chandlers withdrew the lawsuit, and Michael paid the family $ 22 million in compensation. In 2003, Michael Jackson was again brought to trial on charges of a similar crime. The new "victim" was thirteen-year-old Gavin Arvizo, who told the press that Michael got him drunk and masturbated with him together.
Authorities raided the Jackson estate and arrested the singer, but released him on bail a day later. During the investigation, the artist claimed that the Arvizo family decided to repeat the example of the Chandlers and was engaged in heinous extortion. Litigation lasted two years, in the end Michael Jackson was fully acquitted. Unfortunately, the very fact of being accused of pedophilia had a very negative impact on the reputation and career of the singer.
In 2005, Michael Jackson left Neverland Ranch for good, moving to a mansion in Holmby Hills.
After the singer's death in 2009, Jordan Chandler admitted that all the words about molestation were lies from beginning to end, and said that his father forced him to tell the truth. In November of that year, the elder Chandler shot himself.
Plastic surgery and Michael Jackson's illness
In 1987, after the release of the video for the title track of the album "Bad", fans noticed changes in the face of the idol, and with each subsequent performance, the singer became even paler and thinner. 
The media paid too much attention to the artist's haggard appearance: journalists built the most unexpected hypotheses why Michael Jackson whitened his skin and changed the contours of his face, going as far as accusing him of dysmorphophobia - hatred of his own body.
In the early 90s, Michael put an end to gossip by admitting that in 1986 he was diagnosed with two rare diseases - vitiligo and lupus. And if vitiligo affected only the pigmentation of the skin, covered with light spots due to the disease (hence the deathly white complexion of Michael - this is a thick layer of cosmetics that hid the difference between healthy and affected skin), then lupus, a dangerous autoimmune disease that damages the connective tissue. tissue, led to the failure of the cheekbones and a general deformity of the face. In addition, powerful drugs prescribed to Michael by a doctor during a relapse of lupus led to the musician's addiction to painkillers.
As for the number of Michael Jackson's plastic surgeries, experts who closely followed the gradual transformation of the artist concluded that there were multiple surgical interventions. According to them, he operated on his nose several times, changed the shape of his lips, reshaped his cheeks and eyelids, and also made a dimple in his chin. Michael's mom confirmed that her son, in her opinion, was addicted to plastic surgery. The artist himself stated that he had only done rhinoplasty twice.
Death
On June 25, 2009 at 12:21 p.m. local time, a call was received by the California emergency service. A confused voice called an ambulance at the Holmby Hills estate, Michael Jackson's estate. The doctors arrived at the scene after 3 minutes 17 seconds, found the motionless body of the king of pop with a barely palpable pulse. 
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the way to the medical center of the University of California and in the center itself did not help - Michael Jackson's death was ascertained at 14:26. The news of Michael Jackson's death spread around the world within minutes.
The police immediately launched an investigation into the incident. The first to be interviewed was the singer's personal doctor, Conrad Murray. He said that he found the lifeless Jackson in bed, but managed to distinguish the pulse and tried to give him cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and when he realized that all attempts to resurrect the singer were unsuccessful, he called an ambulance. The following fact played an important role here - Michael rented a mansion, so Conrad did not know the exact address. While he was figuring out the coordinates, a whole half hour passed, which turned out to be fatal for Jackson.
This was the version of Conrad Murray, but the coroners continued the investigation. It turned out that one of the producers of the Emmy Award, Ken Erlich, saw the singer the day before his death - and he seemed to him very energetic and provocative.
An autopsy showed that the singer was in the extreme stage of exhaustion - with an increase of 178 centimeters, his weight was only 51 kilograms. Not a single hint of food was found in the stomach, but a decent amount of painkillers was found. On August 24, a forensic examination established the true cause of Michael's death - an overdose of the anesthetic propofol, administered intravenously. Michael Jackson's death certificate lists the cause as "murder".
On July 29, 2009, Conrad Murray admitted that he himself injected Michael Jackson with propofol shortly before his death, after giving him several pills with a sedative effect - recently the singer suffered from insomnia and pain due to the effects of plastic surgery and problems with the spine, therefore needed anesthesia and sleeping pills.
In November 2011, Murray was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 4 years in prison.
Funeral
On July 7, 2009, a closed farewell ceremony was held for the idol of millions. Jackson's closest friends came to the Forest Lawn Cemetery Memorial Park in Los Angeles. Messages from Diana Ross, Nelson Mandela, Queen Latifah, Stevie Wonder, children of Martin Luther King Jr. were read. The farewell ended with a speech by Paris Jackson. Without holding back her tears, the girl said: "He was the best father that could be ...". 
On September 3, 2009, 70 days after his death, Michael Jackson was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Funeral of Michael Jackson
Posthumous Michael Jackson albums
As it turned out after the opening of the will of Michael Jackson, the singer's children inherited the rights to two hundred of his archival compositions. The real estate and financial assets were transferred to the Jackson Family Trust under the direction of Katherine Jackson. It is noteworthy that Joseph Jackson was not mentioned in the artist's last will, as was the mother of Michael's older children. 
In December 2010, the world heard the first posthumous album of Michael Jackson. The record, called "Michael", consisted of 10 tracks, recorded with the participation of Lenny Kravitz, 50 Cent and Tarill Jackson. The release of the album divided the singer's fans into two camps: some believed that publishing songs deliberately hidden by the author "on the table" was blasphemy, which had a strictly commercial purpose. Others, on the contrary, were glad that even after his death, the idol continues to delight fans with new creations. Numerous celebrities, including Michael's brother Randy Jackson, referred to the album as "raw" and "unfinished".
7 sad stories from the life of Michael Jackson
Warmer reviews were received by the album "Xscape" released in 2014, which included only 8 songs. The song "Love Never Felt So Good" was especially liked by listeners, who noted that the track is comparable to the greatest hits from "Thriller" or "Off the Wall".
Michael Jackson is an American legend and pop music icon, singer, dancer, composer, actor. The most successful performer in the history of pop music, winner of 15 Grammy awards, was listed in the Guinness Book of Records 13 times.
The main films of the actor Michael Jackson
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Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, USA. He died at the age of 50 on June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles from an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol.
Michael became the seventh of nine Jackson children. According to the recollections of the brothers, the father was strict with his sons and sometimes allowed himself to punish them physically. Subsequently, in numerous interviews, Michael admitted that in childhood he often felt lonely and depressed because of his father's humiliation.
Michael began to sing and dance from the age of 5. At 6, he joined the musical group of their older brothers "The Jacksons". Having matured a little, Michael began to perform also separately - to sing, dance. At the age of 8, Michael, along with their family children's quintet, won a local talent competition. And after 4 years, in 1970, they were already at the top of the American hit parade: their first four singles were on the first line of the American Billboard Hot 100 chart. Gradually, Michael Jackson became the main figure in the team, and he increasingly got solo parts . Even then, Jackson stood out for his special manner of dancing and performing on stage. Even then, his voice was impossible to confuse with anyone. Michael Jackson performed with the group with varying success, went on world tours, released albums. He also started releasing solo albums. In 1982, the 24-year-old Michael Jackson's album became a cult hit. Thriller went down in history as the world's best-selling album (so far!). For his "thriller" Michael won 7 (!) Grammy awards and numerous awards. At this time, Jackson begins to release videos for his compositions, which are in active rotation of the newly created MTV. Needless to say, even then the name of Michael did not leave the lips of the world listener.
The idol of millions demonstrated his famous “moonwalk” for the first time at the age of 24, on March 25, 1983, at the anniversary show “Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever” during the performance of the song Billie Jean. At 25, Michael had already received an award from President Ronald Reagan (for charity, which he did until the end of his days). The 80s became “golden” for Michael, but brought him many difficult trials. In 1984, when Michael was filming a Pepsi commercial, pyrotechnic devices caused the singer's hair to catch fire and he received severe head burns. This provoked the development of a hereditary disease that violates skin pigmentation. After Michael was forced to resort to enhanced make-up and avoid sunlight all his life, as well as take painkillers. At the same time, Michael was "addicted" to plastic surgery - he underwent nose and chin surgery. The appearance of the king of pop has changed beyond recognition, which has become the subject of numerous rumors. Jackson began to live in seclusion at his Neverland Ranch.
