2. Childhood
born in 1958 in Gary,
Michael Jackson was
Indiana.
• He had nine brothers
• When he turn five he
join the band of his
brothers and it was
called Jackson five. It
was discovered that he
could imitate the
dance steps of James
Brown and had a
distinct singing voice.
3. Michael Jackson in the
70’s
Jackson did a solo
for the movie, Ben,
and it became a
number-one hit.
But the next few
years for the
Jackson 5 were
stagnant and by
1975 the group left
Motown, changed
the group name to
the Jackson's, and
signed to Epic.
4. Michael Jackson in the
80’s
In 1982 Quincy Jones
produced another Jackson
album, Thriller, which
became the biggest hit in
history with sales reaching
53 million copies and
spawned many hit singles
In May 1982, during the
televised 25th anniversary of
Motown, Michael Jackson
performed his version of the
"moonwalk" dance which
quickly became his signature
along side his one whitesequined glove
By 1983 Michael Jackson
was the hottest pop star
around. He was hired as a
spokesman by Pepsi and did
a sequence of elaborate
commercials
5. The accident
During 1984 he went on
tour with his brothers to
promote the Jackson
album, Victory. During
the tour he suffered an
accident on stage that
resulted in third degree
burns. Plastic surgery
was required to help
restore his appearance.
6. The rumors
Tabloid rumors became rampant as Jackson's fame grew. It
was rumored that Jackson had paid top dollar for the
bones of John Merrick, the Elephant Man; that to maintain
his high-pitched voice he was taking hormone treatments;
and to keep his youthful appearance he slept in a
hyperbaric chamber.
When rumors came out that he bleached his skin to make
him look whiter and altered his nose for the album
"Thriller" some felt Jackson was denying his ancestral past.
Jackson later said he suffered from vitiligo, a skin
disorder which effects the skin's pigmentation, causing
large white blotches to appear.
7. New look
In 1987 the album "Bad" was
released and along with came a
significantly different looking
Michael Jackson.
Soon to turn 30, Michael
appeared to have gone through
dramatic facial surgeries,
changing not just his facial
features, but his jaw line and
skin color which by now was
almost a pale white.
His nose seemed to vanish into
the paleness of his skin, and
his eyes looked almost onedimensional, and void of the
normal surrounding skin.
8. His Autobiography
In 1988 Michael wrote
his first autobiography
and disclosed episodes
during his childhood and
in his relationship with
his unyielding father
that was abusive in
nature. By the end of
the 1980s, Michael was
crowned, "Artist of the
Decade," for his
'Thriller' and 'Bad'
albums.
9. His death
Michael Jackson died of
a lethal dose of a
powerful anesthetic and
the Los Angeles coroner
has ruled his death a
homicide, according to
court papers filed in
Texas.
He died at the age of 50
And he died at the
afternoon June 25,2009.
10. His death
Michael Jackson died of
a lethal dose of a
powerful anesthetic and
the Los Angeles coroner
has ruled his death a
homicide, according to
court papers filed in
Texas.
He died at the age of 50
And he died at the
afternoon June 25,2009.
