Michael Jackson!

Name: Michael Joseph Jackson. 

Occupation: dancer, songwriter, music producer, singer. 

Birth date: August 29, 1958

Death date: June 25, 2009

Place of birth: Gary, Indiana.

Place of death: Los Angeles, California.

Michael Jackson, aka The King of Pop, is one of the most well-known and talked about pop music stars. 

He was the 7th of nine children. (brothers: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon,  Randy  and sisters Rebbie, Janet and La-Toya Jackson.

Michael began his musical career at the age of 5 as the lead singer of the Jackson 5 who formed in 1964. In these early years the Jackson 5, Jackie, Jermaine, Tito, Marlon and lead singer Michael played local clubs and bars in Gary Indiana.

In the '70s, Michael recorded several solo albums. After meeting super producer Quincy Jones on the set of The Wiz (Michael played the Scarecrow), he and Jones produced Off the Wall in 1979, which won Michael his first awards as a solo artist. Michael's next album, Thriller, was his most successful and remains the best selling album of all time-it has sold approximately 100 million copies worldwide!

In 1994 Michael married Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of rock legend Elvis Presley. Together they had two children, Prince and Paris, before divorcing in 1999. He had another daughter named Blanket (the mother is a secret).

On June 25th 2009 Michael died suddenly of a reported cardiac arrest. He was 50 years old.