Star biography: Michael Jackson - King of Pop for all ages

There is no such person in the world who would not know who Michael Jackson is. Even a small child will say that this is the king of pop music, although he has never seen it, and perhaps even his music has not yet heard. It's just what his parents say. And they are right, Michael Jackson remains king, and let only in memory of those who loved him and revered him.

Young Michael Jackson: Biography

Briefly narrate the story of the life of the King of Pop is quite difficult. But we will try to do it. A very bright and amazing life describes his biography. Michael Jackson was born in 1958 on August 29 in a large family of Joseph and Catherine, who lived at that time in Indiana (USA). The future singer was the youngest of the boys in the family. In 1993, in an interview given by Michael Oprah Winfrey, he told that in his childhood he often tolerated bullying of his father: he could beat him, humiliate him, and severely punish him. One day, my father, in a terrible mask, made his way through the window to Michael's room and frightened him so that a few years after that incident the boy was tormented by nightmares. According to his father, this was done for educational purposes. When the brothers rehearsed (Joseph Jackson created a group called "Jackson-5", whose members were his sons), his father could have beat them with a belt for his mistakes.

Biography: Michael Jackson on his way to fame

The brothers have successfully toured, and in 1970 they were at the top of the national charts. At the time when Michael was performing in the band, his unusual manner of acting on stage and amazing vocal abilities favorably distinguished him from other members of the group. Then the world saw the dance of Michael Jackson, who later became famous throughout the world, in his infancy. His main dance techniques, including the legendary lunar gait, he demonstrated a little later.

After a couple of years the rating of the young group began to fall, the guys had to sign a contract with another company, which presented to them a number of conditions, among which was the name change to "The Jacksons". Until 1984, Jackson recorded several more albums and gradually left the stage.

Star biography: Michael Jackson at the height of glory

In parallel with the work in the group, Michael begins a solo career, records several albums. In 1978, on the set of the musical "The Wiz", the singer gets acquainted with the future producer of his most successful works. Soon, the collaboration of Quincy Johnson and Michael Jackson gives the planet a new look of the world of music. The results of the musician's creative path:

• The achievements of the singer 25 times recorded in the "Guinness Book of Records";
• Michael became the owner of 395 different awards (15 of them Grammy);
• Declared the "Most Successful Artist of All Time";
• Officially recognized as "King of Pop", "Legend of America" and "Icon of Music";
• Awarded the prize "For outstanding achievements and contribution to world culture";
• Posthumously awarded the Muz-TV Award "For the greatest contribution to the music industry of the world".

Biography: Michael Jackson in his personal life

Despite the fact that the press watched every step of the star, his personal life remained a mystery to the public. It is known that in 1994 the singer married the daughter of Elvis Presley, Maria, with whom they lived for two years. The second time Michael married a nurse Deborah Rowe, she also became the mother of his children - Prince Michael I and Paris. Together, the couple lived until 1999. Jackson has a third child - Prince Michael II, born to a surrogate mother in 2002.

The health of the star was not perfect. It is known that since 1982 he suffered from a disease of vitiligo, so he was forced to always wear dark clothes, glasses and never appeared in the open sun. Therefore, it is not the desire to be "white", as the media have been writing for a long time, but the incurable disease has caused its changes in appearance. Also, Michael himself claimed that a strict vegetarian diet was one of the factors that influenced it. There is evidence that in the last years of the singer's life, the disease of vitiligo developed into skin cancer.

In March 2009, the musician announced that he plans to make his last tour, but this was not destined to happen. On the morning of June 25, a few hours after the injection of the painkiller, Michael fainted, and physicians who arrived three minutes after his doctor Conrad Murray's call could no longer save him, attempts to reanimate the singer were unsuccessful. On the fact of the death of the singer a criminal case was instituted, according to investigators, the actor died as a result of a medical error, from an overdose of propofol. Conrad Murray was sentenced to four years in prison.