Michael Joseph Jackson
August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009
June 25, 2009 marked a sad day in history for all of us. We woke up somberly to the news that Farrah Fawcett had passed after a three year battle of cancer and ended our day with devastating news that the King of Pop had suffered from a heart attack late Monday afternoon. After 40 years of entertainment, we are grateful, confused and sad for this loss. Here is a time line of his life:
1968 The Jackson Five was signed by Motown Records
1972 The Jackson Five recorded 14 albums (and MJ made his first solo album this year)
1976 The Jackson Five signed to Epic, (name chage to The Jacksons)
1979 Jackson joined Quincey Jones to release Off The Wall (his first album with Epic and his first solo album as an adult recording artist)
1982 Thriller Album was released. It was a smash hit and yielded seven top-ten singles. The album sold 21 million copies in the United States and at least 27 million worldwide.(The album made history as the
first and only album to be America’s top-selling album two years running.)
1983 Year of the "moonwalk" dance.
1987 Release of Bad.
1991 Signed Sony Music and released Dangerous.
1993 Accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy, and police raided his California ranch “Neverland.” Cancelled his world tour due to addicitons.
1994 reached a settlement that later reported to be $23 million, with the family of the boy he was accused of abusing. That year he also marreid Lisa Marie Presley.
1996 Divorced Lisa Marie and married Debbie Rowe, had two children.
1997 Prince Michael I (born in 1997),
1998 Paris Michael and Prince Michael II
1999 Divorced Debbie Rowe
2003 Jackson reportedly had sleepovers wiht young boys.
2005 went on trial for his alleged allegations. Four months later he was acquitted of all charges.
Since then Jackson has spent time in Bahrain, Ireland and France. He was scheduled to start a world tour July 13, 2009.
Jackson dies on June 25, 2009.
Jackson’s lifetime record sales tally is believed to be about 750 million, which, added to the 13 Grammy Awards he has received, makes him one of the most successful entertainers of all time.
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