By: S.

Enhbilguun (2-23)

Childhood
Michael Jackson was born in

1958 in Gary, Indiana.

He had nine brothers
When he turn five he join the

band of his brothers and it

was called Jackson five. It
was discovered that he could
imitate the dance steps of
James Brown and had a
distinct singing voice.

Michael Jackson in the 70s

Jackson did a solo for the

movie, Ben, and it became

a number-one hit.
But the next few years for

the Jackson 5 were

stagnant and by 1975 the
group left Motown,
changed the group name
to the Jackson's, and
signed to Epic.

Michael Jackson in the 80s

In 1982 Quincy Jones produced

another Jackson album, Thriller,

which became the biggest hit in
history with sales reaching 53 million
copies and spawned many hit singles
In May 1982, during the televised
25th anniversary of Motown, Michael
Jackson performed his version of the
"moonwalk" dance which quickly
became his signature along side his
one white-sequined glove
By 1983 Michael Jackson was the
hottest pop star around. He was hired
as a spokesman by Pepsi and did a
sequence of elaborate commercials

The accident
During 1984 he went on

tour with his brothers to

promote the Jackson
album, Victory. During
the tour he suffered an
accident on stage that
resulted in third degree
burns. Plastic surgery was
required to help restore
his appearance.

The rumors
Tabloid rumors( ) became rampant

() as Jackson's fame grew. It was rumored that Jackson

had paid top dollar for the bones of John Merrick, the Elephant
Man; that to maintain his high-pitched voice he was taking
hormone treatments( );
When rumors came out that he bleached his skin to make him

look whiter and changed his nose for the album "Thriller" some
felt Jackson was denying() his ancestral past.
Jackson later said he suffered from vitiligo( ), a

skin disorder which effects the skin's pigmentation(),

causing large white blotches( ) to appear.

New look
In 1987 the album "Bad" was released

and along with came a significantly

different looking Michael Jackson.
Soon to turn 30, Michael appeared to

have gone through dramatic facial

surgeries( ), changing not
just his facial features, but his jaw
line and skin color which by now was
almost a pale white.
His nose seemed to vanish into the

paleness of his skin, and his eyes

looked almost one-dimensional
(1 )

His Autobiography
In 1988 Michael wrote his

first autobiography
() and disclosed
episodes during his
childhood and in his
relationship with his
unyielding()
father that was abusive in
nature. By the end of the
1980s, Michael was
crowned, "Artist of the
Decade," for his 'Thriller'
and 'Bad' albums.

His death
Michael Jackson died of a

lethal dose of a powerful

anesthetic and the Los
Angeles coroner (

) has ruled his
death a homicide()
He died at the age of 50
And he died at the afternoon
June 25,2009.

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