A famous historical person, Michael Jackson

Hey! Today I was in the city where I visited the "walk of fame". There I saw Michael Jackson's star and it gave me an idea of what my next blog post should be about. So now I'm going to write about one of my favourite artists, Michael Jackson. In my eyes, he is a legend.

Michael Jackson was one American artist who was born on August 29, 1958. It is said that Jackson had a very tough childhood with a father who was often hard against him. Michael Jackson is the most successful in Guinness World Record of all time, and he goes under the nickname "King of Pop". He was an artist, songwriter, dancer and philanthropist.

As the eighth child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music front with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in the mid -1960s. He began his solo career in 1971. In the early 1980s he became a dominant figure in popular music with the songs "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and "Thriller." The Music videos were also very popular and helped the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. He was also a successful dancer. Through live performances and music videos popularized him some dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk dance.

Michael Jackson's Thriller album from 1982 is world's best-selling album of all time. His other records, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and HIStory (1995) is also ranks among the world's best-selling album. Jackson won hundreds of awards.

Sides of Jackson's personal life, including his changing appearance, personal relationships and behaviour, have at times created media storm. In 1993 he was accused of child molestation and in 2005 he was brought to justice and acquitted of further allegations of sexual abuse of children.

Jackson died after getting cardiac arrest on June 25, 2009. Before he died, he had spent some substances like propofol and lorazepam. Los Angeles County Coroner explained his death as a homicide, but his personal physician pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter. Jackson's death on fans worldwide to deep sadness, and a billion people around the world was followed through on his public memorial on live Television.

I think it`s really sad that he died in a so young age.. That was what I wanted to tell you about Michael Jackson, hope you liked it!!

-Marthine

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson