Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Dubbed the Kind of Pop, Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was a celebrated American music artist, dancer, and singer-songwriter. A star since the age of 10 when The Jackson Five registered four No. 1 hits in 1970, Michael Jackson parlayed his remarkable singing and dancing talents into mega-stardom. He released the critically acclaimed Thriller in 1982, which instantly became the best-selling album in the history of recorded music

Michal Jackson died on June 25, 2009 from cardiac arrest while preparing his concert series This Is It.

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