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<div>[[File:Thriller_(Michael_Jackson)wikimedia.jpg|right|Michael Joseph Jackson]]<br />
'''Michael Joseph Jackson''' (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009) was a world famous pop icon and entertainer who is often referred to as the "King of Pop". He started off in with his brothers in the musical group sensation [[The Jackson Five]] in the 1970s and continued to have a hugely successful career in the 1980s and 1990s. He has released some of the best selling albums of all time including ''Off the Wall'' (1979), ''Thriller'' (1982), ''Bad'' (1987) and ''Dangerous'' (1991) and HIStory (1995). ''Thriller'' itself is the best selling album of all time worldwide with sales of 260 million copies. <br />
==Early Life==<br />
Jackson was born in Gary, [[Indiana]] in 1958. He rose to fame as part of the successful pop group The Jackson Five, formed with his brothers in 1967. The group went on to earn four number one hits in 1970 alone, and the 12-year-old Jackson became the undeniable breakout star of the group.<br />
==Career==<br />
Jackson redefined the music video into an art form with examples that include "Thriller", "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Bad", "Black or White", "Remember The Time", "Scream" and "Earthsong". He has released the most popular music video of all time ("Thriller") and the most expensive music video of all time ("Scream"), which also received critical acclaim. <br />
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He was badly burned while filming a [[Pepsi]] commercial in 1983. His 1994 marriage to [[Lisa Marie Presley]] ended in divorce less than two years later. Jackson then married nurse Deborah Rowe in 1996. Rowe gave birth to two children, and the couple were divorced in 1999. Jackson adopted a third child in 2002. Using money earned from his record sales Jackson built his private ranch known as [[Neverland]]. He was twice accused of child molestation; in 1994 he settled out of court, paying his accuser an undisclosed amount, and in 2005 was acquitted (found not guilty) of the charges at his jury trial.<ref>[http://frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/how-michael-jackson-got-away-with-it/ How Michael Jackson Got Away With It at FrontPageMag]</ref> Jackson returned to music in 2008 with a special edition of his "Thriller" album called "Thriller25". The reissue was successful selling 650,000 copies in two weeks.<br />
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Jackson's career was not, however, without controversy. Throughout much of his life, he has frequently been accused of molesting children. Shortly before Jackson's death, Cobert reflected at a talk show on Jackson's habitual molestations of minors and deviant sexuality: "I would like to remind you that Michael Jackson is a homosexual pedophile." In spite of protests from Jackson's supporters, Cobert, like other people who know better, insisted on the truth.<br />
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==Death==<br />
Michael Jackson died June 25, 2009 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] by cause of heart failure. He died serveral days before he was supposed to go back on tour for his ''This is It!'' series of concerts in [[London]]. He died with nearly $500 million in debts.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE55P0Q520090626 Michael Jackson leaves hefty debts] Reuters, June 26, 2009</ref><br />
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