Birth name Michael Joseph Jackson
Born August 29, 1958 Gary, Indiana, United States
Died June 25, 2009 (aged 50) Los Angeles, California United States
Genre(s) Pop, R&B, Rock, Soul
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, dancer, choreographer, actor, author, businessman, financier
Micheal Jackson, one of the world's greatest entertainer and my all time favourite singer expired at the age of 50. It is believed he suffered cardiac arrest in his home which has caused his sudden death.
He had started his professional music career at the age of 11 as a member fo Jackson 5. he is referred as the King of Pop and his albums was one the world's best-selling records of all time Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and History (1995), while his 1982 Thriller. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced many hip hop, pop and contemporary R&B artists.
Jackson popularized a number of physically complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk including one for "Most Successful Entertainer of All Time". Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley in 1994, and they divorced in 1996. Later that year, Jackson married Deborah Rowe, a former nurse for his dermatologist. They had two children together: Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., known as Prince Michael, now 12; and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, 11. Rowe filed for divorce in 1999.
Jackson also had a third child, Prince Michael II. Now 7, Jackson said the boy nicknamed Blanket as a baby was his biological child born from a surrogate mother.