Michael Jackson’s face from Time to Time
Posted by Tesla on October 14, 2010
Until now, the mystery of the death of Michael Jackson is still unclear. Police are still investigating intensively. At the time Michael Jackson was born black male offspring. But in the course of his life Michael Jackson’s plastic surgery, so impressed he was white. Here are some changes in the face of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop from time to time.
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Michael Jackson’s face on the Jackson 5
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Faces of Michael Jackson in January 1978
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Michael Jackson’s face at the age of 21 years in 1979
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Faces of Michael Jackson at the age of 29 years photographed on 15 September 1987
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Faces of Michael Jackson in 1997 at The Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California
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Michael Jackson wearing masks upon arrival at the Oxford Union on 6 March 2001
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Another Michael Jackson’s Face
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Michael Jackson’s face on 13 November 2002
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Michael Jackson’s face on June 3, 2005
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Faces of Michael Jackson on November 8, 2007
Michael Jackson is not with us but even his reminiscences will remain in this world for hundred of years.
Facts about Michael Jackson
Jackson’s Billie Jean was the first video by a black artist to air on MTV.
Jackson’s waxwork features in five Madame Tussauds museums across the world. Only Elvis Presley and Madonna have more Tussaud figures – they have six each.
Jackson’s total lifetime earnings from royalties, solo recordings and music videos, revenue from concerts and endorsements have been estimated at $500 million Jackson has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for radio play, located at 1541 Vine Street, and one for recording at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard.
Jackson received a Presidential Humanitarian Award from Ronald Reagan in 1984 for his support of charities helping people overcome alcohol and drug abuse.
Michael Jackson is the seventh of nine children.
Three of Jackson’s albums – Bad, Dangerous and Thriller – are among the bestsellers of all time.
Thriller remains the biggest-selling album since records began.
Jackson has sold more than 300 million records worldwide.
MC Hammer once challenged Jackson to a dance-off. He was told to Beat It. Jackson reportedly responded, “I’ve seen your videos and every single dance move you use, you got off of me.
” In 1984, a U.S. library accused Jackson of owing it over $1 million in overdue book fines. Officials said they would scrap the fines if he returned the books autographed.
Jackson dedicated his 1997 Blood on the Dance floor album to Sir Elton John.
Jackson is a vegetarian.
Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Jackson 5 on May 6, 1997. He was inducted as a solo artist on March 19, 2001.
Jackson once dated Brooke Shields and Tatum O’Neal.
Jackson has several media nicknames. They include The Gloved One, Wacko Jacko, Jacko, The King of Pop, and MJ. Close friends call him Smelly! Jackson’s music video for Thriller was voted the greatest music video of all time in a recent Channel 4 (UK) poll.
Jackson won an MTV Movie Award for Best Movie Song in 1994 for his song Will You Be There from the movie Free Willy.
The Scream music video Jackson made with sister Janet is the most expensive promo ever made, costing more than $7 million (#3.8 million).
Jackson’s double album HIStory is the biggest selling double album ever released in the U.S.
Jackson’s Blood on the Dance Floor is the biggest selling re-mix album of all time.
Jackson really is a King in West Africa – he was given a royal title by villagers in Gabon, Ivory Coast in 1992.
Jackson’s pre-concert ritual includes drinking Ricola candy dissolved in hot water. He claims the beverage helps to keep his throat and his singing voice clear.
Jackson owns the patent for a stage shoe device that allows performers to lean forward and appear to defy gravity.
Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana in 1958. The town is planning a tribute museum to the pop superstar.
Movie star Macauley Culkin is godfather to Jackson’s two eldest children, Paris and Prince Michael.
Culkin helped Jackson design the amusement park at his Neverland Valley Ranch home in California.
Lisa Marie Presley’s former brother-in-law and his wife were the witnesses at her Dominican Republic wedding to Jackson in 1994.
Jackson shares the record for the most Grammy Awards won in one year with Carlos Santana and Norah Jones – they each won eight.
Jackson co-wrote charity anthem We Are the World with Lionel Richie.
Jackson is godfather to Nicole Richie, Bee Gees star Barry Gibb’s son Michael, and Oliver star Mark Lester’s kids.
Jackson and Brother Tito were best men at Liza Minnelli and David Gest’s wedding.
Jackson’s performance during the 1993 Super Bowl half-time show drew the largest TV audience in American history.
The directors of Jackson’s videos have included Martin Scorsese, John Singleton and John Landis.
In 1999 Jackson paid $1.
5 for the 1939 Best Picture Oscar, which was presented to producer David O. Selznick for Gone with the Wind.
Jackson appeared on a postage stamp in the Virgin Islands in the mid-1980s after locals voted him the superstar they’d most like to honour.
An extensive 1997 survey declared Jackson was the Most Famous Person in the World.
Jackson helped plan neighbor Gregory Peck’s funeral.
Jackson once described close friend Elizabeth Taylor as "a warm cuddly blanket that I love to snuggle up to and cover myself with.
" Jackson provided a voiceover on the Simpsons – but it remained a secret for 12 years. He voiced a character in a mental institution in the Stark Raving Dad episode, which aired in 1991, but, because of a contractual problem, Jackson had to be credited as John Jay Smith. His contribution to the classic cartoon series remained a rumor among fans until The Simpson’s creator Matt Groening confirmed it really was Jackson when the episode was released on DVD in 2003.
Jackson shares the same birthday as U.
S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who turns 73 this year. Other celebrities who share Jackson’s birthday include moviemakers Sir Richard Attenborough and William Friedkin, and actresses Rebecca DeMornay and Carla Gugino.
Michael Jackson's favourite animated characters was Pinocchio, Peter Pan and Mickey Mouse When he was a child his favourite books included Rip Van Winkle and The Old Man and the Sea Thriller spent 37 weeks at number one in the US Billboard chart.
He gave his first public performance at the age of 5 singing Climb Every Mountain Jackson paid $47 million for the publishing rights to the Beatles back catalogue in 1985 and sold a share of to Sony in 1995 for $95 million Jackson had 2 pet snakes called Crusher and Muscles.
The video for Scream was the most expensive ever at £3.
8 million.
He was a best man at Liza Minnelli’s wedding to David Gest During the world tour for Bad he performed to 4.
4 million people His first autobiography, Moon Walk, took four years to complete. The book reached the top of The New York Times best sellers’ list He paid $17 million in 1988 for the land in California that became the Neverland Ranch. Its grounds were protected by a security staff of 40. Neverland was valued at $100 million in 2003 The profits from his single "Man in the Mirror" went to charity.
In 1992 he founded the Heal the World Foundation which brought underprivileged children to Neverland and made donations worldwide .
When he visited the African country of Gabon 100,000 people turned out to see him.
Michael Joseph Jackson[1] (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Often referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ,[2] Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.
In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. With videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" he continued to be highly visible on MTV in the 1990s, and also began to forge a reputation as a touring artist. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop and rock artists.
Jackson's 1982 album Thriller is the best-selling album of all time. His other records, including Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991), and HIStory (1995), also rank among the world's best-selling. Jackson is one of the few artists to have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice. He was also inducted into the Dance Hall of Fame as the first (and currently only) dancer from the world of pop and rock 'n' roll. Some of his other achievements include multiple Guinness World Records; 13 Grammy Awards (as well as the Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award); 26 American Music Awards (more than any other artist, including the "Artist of the Century" and "Artist of the '80s"); 13 number-one singles in the United States in his solo career (more than any other male artist in the Hot 100 era); and the estimated sale of over 750 million records worldwide. Jackson won hundreds of awards, which made him the most-awarded recording artist in the history of popular music.[3] He was also one of the world's most prominent humanitarians and philanthropists; personally, and through his Heal the World Foundation, he donated more than $300 million in charity, and holds the Guinness World Record for having supported the most charities out of any pop star.
Birth name Michael Joseph Jackson[1]
Also known as Michael Joe Jackson
Born August 29, 1958
Gary, Indiana, U.S.
Died June 25, 2009 (aged 50)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres R&B, pop, rock, soul, dance, funk, disco, new jack swing
Occupations Singer-songwriter, musician, composer, arranger, dancer, choreographer, record producer, actor, businessman, philanthropist
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1964–2009
Labels Motown, Epic, Legacy, MJJ Productions
Associated acts
The Jackson 5
Michael Jackson's Signature
Website www.michaeljackson.com
In February 2005, Martin Bashir aired his second hit-piece on Michael Jackson, titled “Michael Jackson’s Secret World”. If there were any thoughts that Bashir was remorseful for what he did to MJ with his first hit-piece, then this documentary will totally destroy those notions, as this solidifies Bashir’s utter contempt for MJ. And the timing of this piece of garbage is no coincidence either; it aired right before jury selection, so it was obviously designed to taint the jury pool.
This documentary was essentially swept under the rug by ABC News, as it is not for sale on their website, despite the fact that hundreds of past episodes of 20/20 and Primetime Live are for sale on their website.
Without further ado, here is the transcript and analysis of Bashir’s second takedown of MJ. Please note that for the sake of clarity, I used the word “narrating” to distinguish between Bashir’s narration, and the taped interviews that were taken from the British Documentary that Bashir piggybacked on. Those clips are in block quotes.
Transcript of Michael Jackson’s Secret World
Disclaimer: In addition to our own reporting, this program contains excerpts from a documentary made by a British production company, which aired in the U.K. three weeks ago. Some of the individuals who appeared in that documentary received compensation for their participation. No payment was made for any of the interviews conducted by Martin Bashir or ABC News.
Introduction: Tonight, it started with his own words. Words that made the world take notice, really take notice. “Why can’t you share your bed?” Was it an innocent, loving friendship? Or something much darker? As the trial of the century gears up, Martin Bashir returns to the secret world of Michael Jackson, exploring his pattern of unusual friendships with much younger boys that began more than 20 years ago. You’ll hear from his detractors, and his friends. You’ll hear from boys who’ll say that nothing improper ever happened between them, and boys now grown up who say something did. Plus, the child starts Jackson befriended, and the boy behind a reported $25 million dollar payoff. Now, a new look at Neverland, with the man whose documentary ignited a firestorm, a 2-hour special that picks up where “Living With Michael Jackson” left off 2 years ago, as Martin Bashir takes a closer look at Michael Jackson’s Secret World.
Martin Bashir (narrating): Over 2 years ago, I started making a documentary about Michael Jackson. I saw some extraordinary things. We went shopping. We raced go-carts. I met his children, and his baby. And then, I went back to Neverland. What happened over the next few hours would forever change the lives of everyone who was there. I could never have foreseen what consequences that encounter would have. The young boy I interviewed that day would later allege that Michael Jackson abused him. I had to ask myself “Could his allegations of what happened after that day be true?” So I went back to the beginning. I was about to enter the secret world of Michael Jackson. Once again, this would be a journey into the surprising, the unusual, and the bizarre. It’s a world where Michael Jackson has shared his wealth, his home, and sometimes even his bedroom, with much younger boys. Were these relationships innocent, as Jackson and many of the boys say, or were some of them criminal, as at least 2 boys have alleged. It began when he was little more than a boy himself.
LaToya Jackson (clip from British documentary): I really didn’t have, and I know that everyone knows this, but he really didn’t have much of a childhood.
Martin Bashir (narrating): Michael says his childhood was scarred by the pressures of early stardom, and the close intentions of violent father, Joe.
LaToya Jackson (clip from British documentary): He was a disciplinarian, and when I say disciplinarian what I mean is if he felt you did something wrong, then of course he would spank you.
Martin Bashir (narrating): When I interviewed Michael Jackson, he told me that his father had made his life desperately unhappy.
Clip from “Living With Michael Jackson”:
Martin Bashir: How often would he beat you?
Michael Jackson: Too much.
Martin Bashir: Would he only use a belt?
Michael Jackson: (Crying.) Why do you do this to me? No, more than a belt. When he would catch me, oh my God, it was bad.
LaToya Jackson (clip from documentary): He was strict. It was like “Why do we always have to do this? Why can’t we do that?” But that’s part of growing up.
Martin Bashir (narrating): According to Jackson, he didn’t want to grow up. He craved the childhood he never had. Michael Jackson was reluctant to join the adult world. When I asked Jackson about dating Tatum O’Neil, he told me that at the time, the idea of sex had terrified him.
Clip from “Living With Michael Jackson”
Michael Jackson: She told me to go and lie on the bed, and I did, and she slowly walked over, and she touched the button on my shirt to open it, and I put my hands like this (covers his face with both hands), and I wouldn’t let them down, and she just walked away. She knew I was too shy for it. That’s what happened.
Martin Bashir: Did you not feel tempted at all?
Michael Jackson: No.
Martin Bashir: You just felt frightened?
Michael Jackson: I was frightened. I was afraid.
Martin Bashir (narrating): In Tatum O’Neal’s recent book, she denies trying to seduce Jackson. Whatever his experience with girls, he would soon begin friendships with boys much younger than himself. Jackson’s sister says that all of these relationships were entirely innocent.
LaToya Jackson (clip from British documentary): He’s always had lots of friends, all ages. And then he had younger kids that were friends, but you have to remember that Michael was so loved by everyone in the world, which he still is, that everybody wanted to be around him.
J. Randy Taraborrelli (clip from British documentary): He feels very strongly that he missed out on his childhood, and one of the ways he feels that he can recapture his youth is by associating with young kids.
Martin Bashir (narrating): Terry George claims he was one of those boys.
Terry George (clip from British documentary): When I was the age of 13, I was a little bit cheeky, and I think I was a little bit naïve, looking back.
Martin Bashir (narrating): Terry George says he was 13, and a keen collector of celebrity interviews, when he met Michael in Leeds, in the north of England. For the rest of the Jacksons, it was just another stop on their 1979 European tour. But for Michael, says Terry George, it was a chance to make a new friend.
Maureen Orth (clip from British documentary): Michael would tour all over the world, and there were little boys everywhere that would come to the hotels.
Terry George (clip from British documentary): I didn’t really mingle with other people. I didn’t have a lot of friends then.
Martin Bashir (narrating): Determined to interview his idol, Terry says he found out where the Jacksons were staying. Then, armed with Michael’s hotel room number and a tape recorder, he simply knocked on his door.
Terry George (clip from British documentary): Michael said “Who is it?”, and I said “Hi, my name’s Terry George, I’ve come to do an interview. He opened the door, and he looked a bit shocked to see me. He was looking at this level, and I was down here somewhere.
Martin Bashir (narrating): Terry George says that at the end of the interview, he and Michael Jackson swapped phone numbers.
Terry George (clip from British documentary): He giving me his number, and asking for mine didn’t really feel strange at all, it was great, it was a thrill. I was happy to be in touch with a celebrity.
Martin Bashir (narrating): After the tour left Britain, Terry George says that Michael Jackson started calling 2 or 3 times a week, and they had friendly conversations about their lives.
Terry George (clip from British documentary): His calls came quite late at night, normally from 11 in the evening to right through to 5 o’clock in the morning on some occasions.
Martin Bashir (narrating): And then he says one night, Michael made a call that Terry has never forgotten.
Terry George (clip from British documentary): “I Had Phone Sex With Jacko!” is what the press wrote.
Martin Bashir (narrating): I met with Terry George to hear his account of what really happened that night.
Terry George (speaking to Bashir directly): He spoke about masturbation, about him masturbating, and did I masturbate. I never saw it coming. It wasn’t something I expected. It just came out the blue, really. He said “Would you believe that I’m doing it now?” And he let me hear it on the telephone, and I could hear it.
Martin Bashir: And what did you think he meant by that?
Terry George: I knew what he meant by that, because he was talking about masturbation. I did feel uncomfortable, I can remember feeling uncomfortable. I felt awkward.
Martin Bashir: What are your thoughts when you put the phone down?
Terry George: I thought that I didn’t react the way he wanted me to react, and I thought that perhaps he would never call me again, or that I would never hear from him again. In hindsight, looking back at it now, I know that
the conversation probably should never have happened, it probably wasn’t natural.
Martin Bashir (narrating): Terry George says there were no more sexual conversations. In time, the two lost touch. Terry George’s friendship with Michael Jackson was over. A source close to the Jackson camp says that “Terry George’s story isn’t true. In the past, he has sold his story to the press. All of this is an old, unsubstantiated accusation.” Some people who have investigated Michael Jackson say that he ultimately rejects many of his young friends.
Diane Dimond (clip from British documentary): Michael Jackson changes his phone numbers, he’s not available on the telephone anymore.
Maureen Orth (clip from British documentary): As soon as they appear to be a little bit more into puberty, and they have gotten their first facial hair…………
Diane Dimond (clip from British documentary): ………he just moves on to the next little “special friend”.
Martin Bashir (narrating): But soon, Michael would want to take one of his friends out, before America’s press, on a double date with one of the world’s most beautiful women. For the superstar who calls himself “Peter Pan”, the transition from child sensation to adult pop idol wasn’t easy.
Latoya Jackson (clip from British documentary): He went through this phase in his life when he became extremely shy, and totally changed. It totally changed his demeanor. He didn’t want to see people, he just became a totally different person.
Martin Bashir (narrating): Michael Jackson told me about this difficult period in his life.
(Clip from “Living With Michael Jackson”)
Michael Jackson: One cousin would always want to pop my pimples. I would just go to the bedroom and cry, you know?
Martin Bashir: Is it true that your father used to say you had a fat nose?
Michael Jackson: Yeah.
Martin Bashir: What did he say? What did he actually say?
Michael Jackson: “God your nose is big! You didn’t get it from me!”
Martin Bashir: What does that do to someone who’s going through adolescence?
Michael Jackson: You want to die. You want to die. And on top of it you have to go on stage in a spotlight, in front of hundreds of thousands of people. It’s hard! I would have been happier wearing a mask!
Martin Bashir (narrating): At 21, Jackson was about to become a fully-fledged superstar. But a friendship with a boy was about to startle the world. This video for “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough” helped launch Michael’s solo career. He looks like a man who’s breaking free.
J. Randy Tarroberrelli (clip from British documentary): When you watch Michael, you’d like to think that he was enjoying it to. In fact, it was one of the darkest times in Michael Jackson’s life.
Martin Bashir (narrating): In the midst of Jackson’s private pain, Jackson was in public demand, and music’s brightest new star was about to go on a date with Brooke Shields, America’s most desirable young woman. But in his private life, Michael’s new best friend was the tiny child star Emmanuelle Lewis.
Emmanuelle Lewis (clip from British documentary): Regardless of how old we are in real life, we’re just not going to get older. That was just a friend of mine. We were Peter Pan.
Martin Bashir (narrating): The 3-foot start was invited down to the set of Jackson’s new video “Thriller”, and met Michael while he was having his makeup done.
Emmanuelle Lewis (clip from British documentary): He was like “Are you afraid of me?” Of course not! You’re Michael Jackson!
Martin Bashir (narrating): But according to Jackson’s biographer, some members of the Jackson family were becoming concerned with how the world would view this friendship.
J. Randy Taraborrelli (clip from British documentary): The two of them are rolling around on the grass, and playing games with each other.
LaToya Jackson (clip from British documentary): They would do all of the “Thriller” moves together, and it was so cute, so adorable. And no, there were no questions about it because it was a wonderful friendship.
Martin Bashir (narrating): By 1984, Michael’s second album “Thriller” was well on its way to being the best seller of all time. He was nominated for 12 Grammy Awards, and was all set to be crowned the King of Pop. But choosing a date for the ceremony, Jackson faced a dilemma: Whom to take?
LaToya Jackson (clip from British documentary): I recall Brooke being over to the house and asking Michael if she could go with him to the awards.
J. Randy Taraborrelli (clip from British documentary): Michael was a little bit lukewarm on that, but he liked her, but he liked Emmanuelle better.
LaToya Jackson (clip from British documentary): He didn’t want to say “No”. So he had 2 dates!
Martin Bashir (narrating): But here, in a scene from Fox Broadcasting’s “Michael Jackson’s Home Movies”, just before he swept the ball at the Grammy’s, he’s seen arriving at the ceremony with Brooke on one arm, and Emmanuelle on the other.
Emmanuelle Lewis (clip from British documentary): I didn’t know the magnitude of how great this moment was going to be in history, you know? You just didn’t know.
Martin Bashir (narrating): The extraordinary spectacle was seen around the world.
Diane Dimond (clip from British documentary): You can imagine the surprise, and shock, that everybody felt that Michael Jackson and Brooke Shields were a couple, with Emmanuelle Lewis?!!
J. Randy Taraborrelli (clip from British documentary): He basically had Brooke Shields there as his date, but he had Emmanuelle sort of in his arms.
Martin Bashir (narrating): One look at this threesome, and some people wondered about Jackson’s relationships. People wanted to know why Michael Jackson was hanging around with a boy less than half his age, but to Emmanuelle Lewis, this was just an innocent friendship.
Emmanuelle Lewis (clip from British documentary): All we did was watch comedy and cartoons. Could anything negative happen between the two of us? The answer to that question is hell no!!
Diane Dimond (clip from British documentary): When Emmanuelle Lewis started showing up in public with Michael Jackson, that was as if the water had burst over the damn. After that, the pattern began that we always saw Michael with a young male boy at his side. Almost always.
Martin Bashir (narrating): Life was about to get stranger in Michael Jackson’s secret world. Michael Jackson was now a megastar, attracting plaudits from presidents. His relationships with boys was becoming just one more eccentricity from a man who was becoming famous for being odd.
Diane Dimond (clip from British documentary): There’s always been so many eccentric things going on around Michael Jackson that what was lost in the background were these little boys, who were always there.
Martin Bashir (narrating): What people didn’t know is that Jackson had been splashing cash on extravagant gifts for his new young friend, and his family. One of the first boys to benefit from Jackson’s new found wealth was the son of a California garbage man, 10-year old Jimmy Safechuck. The young actor was picked by Jackson to star in this glossy commercial. Designed specifically to appeal to kids, in which Michael’s image became indelibly linked to children, and Jimmy appeared as his clone.
J. Randy Taraborrelli (clip from British documentary): Now the interesting thing about Jimmy Safechuck is that he was actually the first “mini-Michael”.
Martin Bashir (narrating): Michael was so enchanted by his new “mini-Michael”, he took Jimmy on the road to tour with his next album “Bad”. The boy and Jackson even dressed in identical outfits.
Diane Dimond (clip from British documentary): I don’t know whose idea it was to start dressing these boys like Michael.
Martin Bashir (narrating): Looking like Michael became part of the pattern for Jackson’s young friends. \
J. Randy Taraborrelli (clip from British documentary): You know, the glove, the spin……….
Diane Dimond (clip from British documentary): ………the little coats, the fedora hats……….
J. Randy Taraborrelli (clip from British documentary): ………..the pants that were too short, and the sequin socks………
Diane Dimond (clip from British documentary): ……..it starts to make you wonder “Who’s making them dress that way? Do they want to dress that way, or does Michael insist that they dress that way?
Martin Bashir (narrating): One of the dancers who toured with Jackson says that the family didn’t approve when Jackson reportedly took Jimmy and his family on a shopping spree.
Tatiana Thumbtzen (clip from British documentary): The whole family, even Joseph, they didn’t like it. They didn’t think it was right.
Diane Dimond (clip from British documentary):The family was aghast. You’d by them a little outfit to wear. You’d take them on a trip, that’s fine. But you buy them a house? You buy them 2 luxury automobiles?
LaToya Jackson (clip from British documentary): When you put enough out there, it looks a certain way. However, at the same time, when you are innocent, you don’t think anything of it. It’s just a gift. It’s like “Enjoy it, have fun”.
Diane Dimond (clip from British documentary): I saw the Safechuck’s lifestyle change. I read their credit report. I saw what they did for a living before Michael Jackson came into their life. And then I saw the way they were living afterward, and it wasn’t just this child appearing in one video with Michael Jackson that gave him all that money.
Martin Bashir (narrating): Dimond says there might have been another explanation, such as a business loan. Jimmy Safechuck has not alleged any wrongdoing by Jackson. Supporters of Jackson say that his extravagance to some of these boys just reflects his widespread generosity.
J. Randy Taraborrelli (clip from British documentary): I know Michael Jackson, and I know how he is with people, and how he is with families of people who come into his life. He’s been generous to a fault.
Martin Bashir (narrating): But just like previous boys in Michael’s life, Jimmy Safechuck’s days as a Michael favorite were numbered. With his family, he went to visit his old friend Michael, but two former Michael Jackson employees say the star didn’t even turn up.
ubbed the King of Pop, singer-song writer Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana on August 29, 1958. As a child, he was lead singer of the Jackson family's popular Motown group,
Contents
Synopsis
Early Life
Solo Career
Pepsi, Bad and Neverland
Molestation Allegations and Career Decline
Final Months
Death and Aftermath
The Jackson 5. Michael Jackson went on to become one of the most internationally famous award-winning solo pop sensations to date. His 2009 death stirred controversy and was ultimately ruled an accidental overdose.
Early Life
Jackson was born August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, to an African-American working-class family. His father, Joseph Jackson, had been a guitarist but had put aside his musical aspirations to provide for his family as a crane operator. Believing his sons had talent, he molded them into a musical group in the early 1960s. At first, the Jackson Family performers consisted of Michael's older brothers Tito, Jermaine, and Jackie. Michael joined his siblings when he was five, and emerged as the group's lead vocalist. He showed remarkable range and depth for such a young performer, impressing audiences with his ability to convey complex emotions. Older brother Marlon also became a member of the group, which evolved into the The Jackson 5.
Behind the scenes, Joseph Jackson pushed his sons to succeed. He was also reportedly known to become violent with them. Michael and his brothers spent endless hours rehearsing and polishing up their act. At first, the Jackson 5 played local gigs and built a strong following. They recorded one single on their own, "Big Boy" with the b-side "You've Changed," but it failed to generate much interest.
The Jackson 5 moved on to working an opening act for such R&B artists as Gladys Knight and the Pips, James Brown, and Sam and Dave. Many of these performers were signed to the legendary Motown record label, and it has been reported that Gladys Knight may have been the one to tell Motown founder Berry Gordy about the Jackson 5. Impressed by the group, Gordy signed them to his label in 1968.
Relocating to Los Angeles, Michael and his brothers started work on their music and dancing with their father as their manager. They lived with Gordy and also with Supremes singer Diana Ross when they first arrived there. In August 1969, the Jackson 5 was introduced to the music industry at a special event, and later served as the opening act for the Supremes. Their first album, Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5, hit the charts in December of that year. It's first single, "I Want You Back," hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1970.
Facts about Michael Jackson
Jackson’s Billie Jean was the first video by a black artist to air on MTV.
Jackson’s waxwork features in five Madame Tussauds museums across the world. Only Elvis Presley and Madonna have more Tussaud figures – they have six each.
Jackson’s total lifetime earnings from royalties, solo recordings and music videos, revenue from concerts and endorsements have been estimated at $500 million Jackson has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: one for radio play, located at 1541 Vine Street, and one for recording at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard.
Jackson received a Presidential Humanitarian Award from Ronald Reagan in 1984 for his support of charities helping people overcome alcohol and drug abuse.
Michael Jackson is the seventh of nine children.
Three of Jackson’s albums – Bad, Dangerous and Thriller – are among the bestsellers of all time.
Thriller remains the biggest-selling album since records began.
Jackson has sold more than 300 million records worldwide.
MC Hammer once challenged Jackson to a dance-off. He was told to Beat It. Jackson reportedly responded, “I’ve seen your videos and every single dance move you use, you got off of me.
” In 1984, a U.S. library accused Jackson of owing it over $1 million in overdue book fines. Officials said they would scrap the fines if he returned the books autographed.
Jackson dedicated his 1997 Blood on the Dance floor album to Sir Elton John.
Jackson is a vegetarian.
Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Jackson 5 on May 6, 1997. He was inducted as a solo artist on March 19, 2001.
Jackson once dated Brooke Shields and Tatum O’Neal.
Jackson has several media nicknames. They include The Gloved One, Wacko Jacko, Jacko, The King of Pop, and MJ. Close friends call him Smelly! Jackson’s music video for Thriller was voted the greatest music video of all time in a recent Channel 4 (UK) poll.
Jackson won an MTV Movie Award for Best Movie Song in 1994 for his song Will You Be There from the movie Free Willy.
The Scream music video Jackson made with sister Janet is the most expensive promo ever made, costing more than $7 million (#3.8 million).
Jackson’s double album HIStory is the biggest selling double album ever released in the U.S.
Jackson’s Blood on the Dance Floor is the biggest selling re-mix album of all time.
Jackson really is a King in West Africa – he was given a royal title by villagers in Gabon, Ivory Coast in 1992.
Jackson’s pre-concert ritual includes drinking Ricola candy dissolved in hot water. He claims the beverage helps to keep his throat and his singing voice clear.
Jackson owns the patent for a stage shoe device that allows performers to lean forward and appear to defy gravity.
Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana in 1958. The town is planning a tribute museum to the pop superstar.
Movie star Macauley Culkin is godfather to Jackson’s two eldest children, Paris and Prince Michael.
Culkin helped Jackson design the amusement park at his Neverland Valley Ranch home in California.
Lisa Marie Presley’s former brother-in-law and his wife were the witnesses at her Dominican Republic wedding to Jackson in 1994.
Jackson shares the record for the most Grammy Awards won in one year with Carlos Santana and Norah Jones – they each won eight.
Jackson co-wrote charity anthem We Are the World with Lionel Richie.
Jackson is godfather to Nicole Richie, Bee Gees star Barry Gibb’s son Michael, and Oliver star Mark Lester’s kids.
Jackson and Brother Tito were best men at Liza Minnelli and David Gest’s wedding.
Jackson’s performance during the 1993 Super Bowl half-time show drew the largest TV audience in American history.
The directors of Jackson’s videos have included Martin Scorsese, John Singleton and John Landis.
In 1999 Jackson paid $1.
5 for the 1939 Best Picture Oscar, which was presented to producer David O. Selznick for Gone with the Wind.
Jackson appeared on a postage stamp in the Virgin Islands in the mid-1980s after locals voted him the superstar they’d most like to honour.
An extensive 1997 survey declared Jackson was the Most Famous Person in the World.
Jackson helped plan neighbor Gregory Peck’s funeral.
Jackson once described close friend Elizabeth Taylor as "a warm cuddly blanket that I love to snuggle up to and cover myself with.
" Jackson provided a voiceover on the Simpsons – but it remained a secret for 12 years. He voiced a character in a mental institution in the Stark Raving Dad episode, which aired in 1991, but, because of a contractual problem, Jackson had to be credited as John Jay Smith. His contribution to the classic cartoon series remained a rumor among fans until The Simpson’s creator Matt Groening confirmed it really was Jackson when the episode was released on DVD in 2003.
Jackson shares the same birthday as U.
S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who turns 73 this year. Other celebrities who share Jackson’s birthday include moviemakers Sir Richard Attenborough and William Friedkin, and actresses Rebecca DeMornay and Carla Gugino.
Michael Jackson's favourite animated characters was Pinocchio, Peter Pan and Mickey Mouse When he was a child his favourite books included Rip Van Winkle and The Old Man and the Sea Thriller spent 37 weeks at number one in the US Billboard chart.
He gave his first public performance at the age of 5 singing Climb Every Mountain Jackson paid $47 million for the publishing rights to the Beatles back catalogue in 1985 and sold a share of to Sony in 1995 for $95 million Jackson had 2 pet snakes called Crusher and Muscles.
The video for Scream was the most expensive ever at £3.
8 million.
He was a best man at Liza Minnelli’s wedding to David Gest During the world tour for Bad he performed to 4.
4 million people His first autobiography, Moon Walk, took four years to complete. The book reached the top of The New York Times best sellers’ list He paid $17 million in 1988 for the land in California that became the Neverland Ranch. Its grounds were protected by a security staff of 40. Neverland was valued at $100 million in 2003 The profits from his single "Man in the Mirror" went to charity.
In 1992 he founded the Heal the World Foundation which brought underprivileged children to Neverland and made donations worldwide .
When he visited the African country of Gabon 100,000 people turned out to see him.
50 Michael Jackson Facts
Jackson's Billie Jean was the first video by a black artist to air on MTV.
Jackson owned the rights to the South Carolina State Anthem South Carolina on My Mind, recorded by Hank Martin and Buzz Arledge.
Jackson's waxwork features in five Madame Tussauds museums across the world. Only Elvis Presley and Madonna have more Tussaud figures - they have six each.
Jackson's total lifetime earnings from royalties, solo recordings and music videos, revenue from concerts and endorsements have been estimated at $500 million.
Jackson received a Presidential Humanitarian Award from Ronald Reagan in 1984 for his support of charities helping people overcome alcohol and drug abuse.
Michael Jackson was the seventh of nine children.
Jackson fought fellow 50 year old Madonna on MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch - he lost.
Three of Jackson's albums - Bad, Dangerous and Thriller - are among the bestsellers of all time.
Thriller remains the biggest-selling album since records began.
Jackson has sold more than 300 million records worldwide.
Jackson wore his trademark black armband to remind fans of the suffering of children around the world.
Jackson's favourite superhero was Morph from the X-Men.
Jackson picked up his iconic moonwalk moves, which he debuted at the Motown 25th Anniversary show in 1983, from streetdancers he spotted performing outside a hotel.
MC Hammer once challenged Jackson to a dance-off. He was told to Beat It. Jackson reportedly responded, "I've seen your videos and every single dance move you use, you got off of me."
Little Richard wanted Jackson to play him in a biopic.
Bubbles the chimp and Ben the rat are two of Jackson's most famous pets, but he also befriended a ram called Mr Tibbs, a python called Crusher and Louie the llama.
An obsessed French Jackson superfan committed suicide in 1984 after his mother refused to allow him to undergo surgery to look like the star.
In 1984, a U.S. library accused Jackson of owing it over $1 million in overdue book fines. Officials said they would scrap the fines if he returned the books autographed.
Jackson dedicated his 1997 Blood On The Dancefloor album to Sir Elton John.
Jackson was a vegetarian.
Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Jackson 5 on May 6, 1997. He was inducted as a solo artist on March 19, 2001.
Jackson once dated Brooke Shields and Tatum O'Neal.
Jackson had several media nicknames. They include The Gloved One, Wacko Jacko, Jacko, The King of Pop, and MJ. Close friends call him Smelly!
Jackson's music video for Thriller was voted the greatest music video of all time in a recent Channel 4 (UK) poll.
Jackson won an MTV Movie Award for Best Movie Song in 1994 for his song Will You Be There from the movie Free Willy.
The Scream music video Jackson made with sister Janet is the most expensive promo ever made, costing more than $7 million.
Jackson's double album HIStory is the biggest selling double album ever released in the U.S.
Jackson's Blood on the Dance Floor is the biggest selling re-mix album of all time.
Jackson really was a King in West Africa - he was given a royal title by villagers in Gabon, Ivory Coast in 1992.
Jackson's pre-concert ritual included drinking Ricola candy dissolved in hot water. He claims the beverage helps to keep his throat and his singing voice clear.
Jackson owned the patent for a stage shoe device that allows performers to lean forward and appear to defy gravity.
Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana in 1958. The town is planning a tribute museum to the pop superstar.
Movie star Macauley Culkin is godfather to Jackson's two eldest children, Paris and Prince Michael.
Oliver! star Mark Lester is also godfather to Jackson's kids, and the pop superstar was godfather to the former child star's children.
Macauley Culkin helped Jackson design the amusement park at his former Neverland Valley Ranch home in California.
Lisa Marie Presley's former brother-in-law and his wife were the witnesses at her Dominican Republic wedding to Jackson in 1994.
Jackson shares the record for the most Grammy Awards won in one year with Carlos Santana and Norah Jones - they each won eight.
Jackson co-wrote charity anthem We Are The World with Lionel Richie.
Jackson was godfather to Nicole Richie and Bee Gees star Barry Gibb's son Michael.
Jackson and brother Tito were best men at Liza Minnelli and David Gest's wedding.
Jackson's performance during the 1993 SuperBowl half-time show drew the largest TV audience in American history.
The directors of Jackson's videos have included Martin Scorsese, John Singleton and John Landis.
In 1999 Jackson paid $1.5 million for the 1939 Best Picture Oscar, which was presented to producer David O. Selznick for Gone With The Wind.
Jackson appeared on a postage stamp in the Virgin Islands in the mid-1980s after locals voted him the superstar they'd most like to honor.
An extensive 1997 survey declared Jackson was the Most Famous Person in the World.
Jackson helped plan neighbor Gregory Peck's funeral.
Jackson once described close friend Elizabeth Taylor as "a warm cuddly blanket that I love to snuggle up to and cover myself with".
Jackson provided a voiceover on The Simpsons - but it remained a secret for 12 years. He voiced a character in a mental institution in the Stark Raving Dad episode, which aired in 1991, but, because of a contractual problem, Jackson had to be credited as John Jay Smith. His contribution to the classic cartoon series remained a rumor among fans until The Simpsons creator Matt Groening.confirmed it really was Jackson when the episode was released on DVD in 2003.
Jackson shares the same birthday as U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Other celebrities who share Jackson's birthday include moviemakers Sir Richard Attenborough and William Friedkin, and actresses Rebecca DeMornay and Carla Gugino.
Jackson's comeback plans were scuppered by an online poll a year ago - before he announced plans to take over the 02 Arena in London for 50 shows - 71 per cent of 59,000 people voting on website PopEater.com answered `Not a chance' to the question 'Can the King of Pop make a comeback?'
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