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Michael Joseph Jackson was born August of '58 in Gary, Indiana, from is parents, Katherine and Joe Jackson.
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The eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael made his professional debut in 1964 with his elder brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5.
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“Beat It” reaches No. 1 on the charts.
“Billie Jean” also becomes a gigantic hit. After a memorable performance by “The Jacksons,” Michael wows the crowd with a rendition of “Billie Jean,” which included the jaw-dropping moonwalk.
The high-concept, 13-minute “Thriller” video, directed by John Landis, becomes a huge sensation -
A lawsuit claims that Jackson seduced and abused a 13-year-old boy. Settles the lawsuit with substantial payment to the plaintiff. Los Angeles and Santa Barbara district attorneys don’t file child molestation charges against him.
He marries Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Presley's daughter. -
Marie Presley filed a divorce against Jackson.
He marries nurse Debbie Rowe. -
Rowe gives birth to son Prince Michael.
The Jackson 5 are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. -
Rowe gives birth to daughter Paris Michael Katherine.
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Third child, Prince Michael II is born.
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Faces charges of child molestation. Posts $3 million in bail and throws up the “V” sign, while standing on a black Suburban, before leaving the courthouse in Santa Maria, Calif.
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Jackson was acquitted of child molestation charges.
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Jackson died from homicide. The Coroner stated that Jackson died from the combination of drugs in his body, with the most significant drugs being the anesthetic propofol and the anxiolytic lorazepam.
