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More facts about Michael JacksonMicheal Jackson was born on August 29, 1958. He was born at Mercy Hopital in Gary, Indiana. His parents are Kathrine and Joe Jackson.
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In 1964, Michael Jackson joined his brothers' band The Jackson Brothers. When Michael started singing lead vocals with his brother, Jermaine, they changed the name to Jackson 5.
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More InfoThe album "Thriller" was released in 1982, which was a worldwide best-selling album in 1983.
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In 1986, Michael Jackson was diagnosed with vitiligo and lupus, which was the reason his skin started to go from a medium tan to very pale. The treatments he used for this further lightened his skin tone.
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Michael Jackson's book, Moonwalk, came out on February 1, 1988. The book took him four years to write and sold over 200,000 copies.
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The "Bad" Tour started on September 12, 1988 and ended on January 14, 1989. In Japan alone, the tour had 14 sell-outs and drew 570,000 people, nearly tripling the previous tour.
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In May 1994, Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley.
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The HIStory World Tour began on September 7, 1996 and ended on October 15, 1997. He made a total of $165 million.
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Michael Jackson married his lifelong friend Deborah Rowe and had their first child, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. , also known as Prince.
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Living With Michael JacksonIn the beginning of May, 2002, Michael Jackson allowed a British film crew to follow him around. The film crew was with him during the "baby-dangling" incident.
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In November, 2006, Jackson announced that he was working on a new album with wil.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas. This album was never released (because of his death).
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Michael Jackson announced that he was going to start a series of concerts called "This Is It." These concerts were expected to be bigger than the HIStory concerts.
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More Info on his DeathOn June 25, 2009, Jackson was found dead in his bed at his rented mansion. He was pronounced dead at 2:26.
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This Is It Webpage This was the starting date of the series of concerts "This Is It." Unfortuneately, Jackson suffered from cardiac arrest a few weeks before this and died.
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The movie "This Is It" , a documentary about the previous rehersals for the concert, came out on October 28, 2009. It earned $260 million worldwide.
