Celebrity Biographies
Michael jackson
The premature death of the King of Pop, at fifty years of age, has shocked his many fans around the world, and public opinion. The singer went into cardiac arrest at 12:26 p.m. on June 25, at his Bel-Air residence. One of his domestic employees called the emergency room, very concerned because he was not breathing. Although it reportedly only took six minutes for the ambulance to arrive, little could be done to revive him. At 3:15 p.m., the death of an extremely eccentric man who changed the history of music forever was officially confirmed.
Born in Gary, Indiana, on August 28, 1959, Michael Joseph Jackson was the seventh of nine children. With four of them he formed the famous Jackson Five group, which swept the late 60s and 70s, although the one who attracted the most attention was Michael, the smallest of the group, who undoubtedly captured all eyes. At 12 years old, this child prodigy was already a world star.
Michael Jackson made his acting debut in 1978, playing the Scarecrow in a remake with black actors ofThe Wizard of Oz titledThe magician However, it did not achieve the expected success, and only the later scope of Michael’s career would make it a cult film. He started his solo career with the album ‘Got to Be There’. Shortly after, Quincy Jones produced his album ‘Off the Wall’, which consecrated him definitively. Although the album that would make history would be ‘Thriller’, from 1982, the best-selling album of all time. The success was due in particular to the video clip for the title track, ‘Thriller’, directed by filmmaker John Landis ., which had a huge impact, since from that moment on, the video clips began to be shot with large budgets, and to have an enormous worldwide distribution. After the single ‘We Are the World’, from 1985, whose profits went to help the people of Africa, Jackson released the album ‘Bad’, from 1988, whose main theme gave rise to a video clip directed by Martin Scorsese . At the same time that this last record was released in theatersMoonwalker , with images of the star in concert and spectacular choreography. At that time, the divo was a media star who made rivers of ink flow because of his extravagances, and gave rise to all kinds of urban legends, since it was even said that he slept in an oxygen bubble. In addition, his skin became increasingly whiter, according to him as a result of vitiligo, a degenerative disease that discolors the skin, although it is common knowledge that cosmetic surgery may have also had something to do with it. He was also a close friend of Elizabeth Taylor and Macaulay Culkin , since he felt identified with them because they had been child prodigies.
To promote the ‘HIStory’ CD, gigantic statues of Jackson were placed in various cities. Following the release of 2001’s ‘Invincible’, Jackson appeared playing himself in a comedic cameo fromMen in Black 2 . Then came the scandal, when the singer was accused of abusing a minor, although he was finally declared innocent. His popularity was severely affected, although he was trying to recover, as he announced a series of concerts in London. Unfortunately, his death has prevented her from carrying them out.