Michael Jackson was an American singer, dancer, and entertainer known as the "King of Pop". He was born in Gary, Indiana and had an immensely successful career in music spanning over four decades. He established the Heal the World Foundation and supported many humanitarian causes throughout his life.

2. MICHAEL JOSEPH JACKSON (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was born in Gary, Indiana. Was an American singer, dancer, entertainer and recording artist. Referred to as the King of Pop, he is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time, and one of the most influential. His contributions to music, dance and fashion, and a much publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.

4. <<GOOD THINGS ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON>> -- Michael Jackson created the Foundation “Heal the world” in 1992. 2000 -- In the Guinness book of the World Record of the Year 2000, Millennium Edition, Michael Jackson appears as the pop star that it has contributed to beneficial works more. -- 1 of April - Michael received the Humanitarian Prize of African Ambassadors' Spouses Association (AASA), of his humanitarian work in all the world, specially in Africa. ...AND MANY MORE! =) -- Michael has supported financially programs in Africa to construct and to equip hospitals, orphanages, homes and schools and financial support for programs of infantile immunization, the VIH-SIDA, Education, and the apartheid.

5. Prince Michael I (12 years), Paris Michael Katherine (11 years) and Prince Michael II (8 years), the three children of the Pop star, Michael Jackson, were seen for the first time without masks leaving the hotel Circus Circus, in Las Vegas. The photos, where they appear in company of a woman, were published by the TMZ.com site. Jackson, who always worried about not showing his children to the journalists and photographers, was not in them this time. In January it returned to the United States, but not to his ranch of Neverland, California. Prince Michael I and Paris Michael Katherine are children of the relation of the musician with the nurse Deborah Rowe, with Michael married in 1996 and soon they divorced. Prince II was born from sperm cells of the singer .

6. <<MEMBERS>> JACKIE JACKSON (1962-1990): voices and bongos. TITUS JACKSON (1962-1990): voices and electrical guitar. Original member, baritone singer and guitarist. JERMAINE JACKSON (1962-1975; 1984-1990): voices, down singer and bassist. MARLON JACKSON (1963-1987): voices and bongos. He entered one year after the foundation of the band, together with Michael. It is the only one of the brothers Jackson who has never been divorced. Randy Jackson (1972): voices and bongos, congas, keyboards, synthesizer and down. MICHAEL JACKSON (1963-1984): voices and percussion. During his participation in The Jackson 5, Michael was clearly the most popular member of the group. It was the only one of his brothers that had a degree constant soloist, and statistically he was kept until the day of his death (2009) as the most successful artist of all the times. Michael turned into the artist of major sale into the world of the year 1980, and there supports up to today the record of major sale of all the times of a LP, with his album Thriller, went out to the sale in 1982, which dedicated it as indisputably &quot; king of the pop &quot;.

7. ♪ Michael Jackson Discography ♪ 1979 Off The Wall 1982 Thriller 1987 Bad 1991 Dangerous 1995 HIStory - Past, Present, And Future, Book I 1997 Blood On The Dance Floor -History In The Mix 2001 Invincible 2003 Number Ones

8. [Michael Jackson's mythical glove of 1983, sold by 234.000 Euros ]*!! Jackson's glove of 1983 remembered Billie Jean and fangs used in Thriller. It is the first one that the singer used and with it Billie Jean interpreted his topic. [The bid extended for eight hours and also it was possible to take part across Internet] ’

9. M ichael Jackson will be laid to rest at the Forest Lawn Glendale Cemetery, north of downtown Los Angeles. It's a place that guards closely the identities of other celebrity residents but it's reported Humphrey Bogart, Errol Flynn and Clark Gable are buried there, some in private locked gardens. The event will take place on August 29th, the day Jackson would have turned 51.Some fans are planning parties on the same day to celebrate his life and music, among them film director Spike Lee who worked on the video for the Jackson hit They Don't Care About Us. By the time he is buried it will be more than two months since Michael Jackson died. The whereabouts of his body have been kept secret. Meanwhile police are still investigating his death and have focussed on doctors who treated him to find out what drugs were in his system. By contrast to the spectacle of his life and death, Michael Jackson's funeral is planned as a private ceremony for family and close friends but it's bound to attract a huge amount of interest. (BBC News, Los Angeles)