Michael Joseph Jackson

1958-2009
Michael Jackson, 50 of Gary, Indiana died Thursday in

Los Angeles, California. Collapsed at his Holmby Hills residence,

resuscitation attempts by Michael’s personal physician

were unsuccessful. The main cause of death was cardiac arrest.

Michael Jackson, a devoted father of Prince Michael Jr.,

Paris Michael Katherine, and Prince Michael II,

was the seventh child of Joseph and Katherine Jackson,

his five brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Randy;

his three sisters LaToya, Rebbie, and Janet; his employees,

his bodyguards, and many other devoted fans.

Michael was a 1988 graduate of Fisk University and spent most

of his adult life working as a singer, actor, songwriter, and dancer.

Michael also occasionally worked as a philanthropist and

it is reported that he helped many charities. Up until the time

of his death, Michael was entertaining the world with

music and dance, helping many sick children, touching lives

with his music, and fights for freedom.

Michael was noted for helping MTV pave its way with gold,

breaking down racial barriers and upholding the honor and dignity

of Black art as a solo artist, and maintain his crown as the King of Pop.

On the day before his death, he was planning a comeback tour in London.

The body was finally buried in a concrete grave which was donated

by Michael Jackson’s Estate, approved by the court judge. By order

of the family estate, the burial of Jackson was out in full

protection from grave robbers.

With the giving of flowers and other act of kindness, the family

of Michael Jackson requested that everyone try to live on

by maintaining a testament to the man’s legacy that was

only strengthened by his death.