2. 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.
3. Michael Jackson in the 70’s
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.
4. Michael Jackson in the 80’s
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
5. 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; and to keep his youthful appearance he slept in a hyperbaric
chamber.
When rumors came out that he bleached his skin to make him look whiter
and altered 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.
6. His death
Michael Jackson died of a
lethal dose of a powerful
anesthetic and the Los Angeles
coroner has ruled his death a
homicide, according to court
papers filed in Texas.
He died at the age of 50
And he died at the afternoon
June 25,2009.
