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Birth
August 29, 1958, Michael Joseph Jackson was born. He was here born in Gary, Indiana. -
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The Life of Michael Jackson
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Early performing life
In the early 1960's, Michael's older brothers, Tito, Jermaine, and Jackie were in a singing group. When he was five he joined them becoming the lead singer. Later, Marlon joined the group making them Jackson Five. -
Beginning his solo career
At the age of 13, Michael began his solo career, but he was also still in Jacson 5 on the side. His first album was " Ben" , which was about a rat. -
First Grammy Award
Michael jackson's award winning album "Off the Wall" was a mixture of funk and pop. His best songs on the album were "Dont Stop til' You Get Enough", "Roc With You", and "Off the Wall". -
The "Moonwalk"
Michael's no.1 hit, "Billie Jean" introduced his famous dance the "Moonwalk". He choregraphed his moves in "Beat It". -
"Thriller"
When the 'Thriller" video came out it instantl became popular. The video got 12 Grammy nominations and recieved 8 awards. -
Plastic surgery Began
After signing a 5 million dollar endorcement with Pepsi-Cola , he was making a commercial when suddenly his hair caught on fire. The fire burned his scalp and face. Because of this mis-hap, he had to get surgery and began getting plastic surgery done on his face. -
Skin DIsease
In 1993, Michael Jackson did many events. One of the events was on Operah. When he was on Operah he was taking about his skin color change was a sign of a disease. -
Child Molestion
In 1993, Michael was accused of being fondled by a 13-year ol boy. The World viewed him different because of this. -
Married
Michael married Lisa Marie Presley. She was Elvis Presley's daughter.
