Michael Joseph Jackson  

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American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist.

June 25, 2009 -August 29, 1958

August 29, 1958.He was the eighth of ten children in the Jackson family, a working-class African-American family living in a two-bedroom house on Jackson street.

He had 13 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles and was the first artist to have a top-ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades.

MJ the "King of Pop", is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.

Jackson influenced artists across many music genres; through stage and video performances

he popularized complicated dance moves such as the moonwalk, to which he gave the name, as well as the robot.

He is the most awarded individual music artist in history.

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The eighth child of the Jackson family, Jackson made his professional debut in 1964 with brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon as a member of the Jackson 5 (later known as the Jacksons).

From the late 1980s, Jackson became a figure of controversy and speculation due to his changing appearance, relationships, behavior, and lifestyle. In 1993, he was accused of sexually abusing the child. 

The 50-year-old “Thriller” vocalist was found dead in his Los Angeles home after suffering cardiac arrest brought on by the anesthetic propofol — a drug routinely administered by Jackson’s physician, Conrad Murray.