Wczoraj odbył się pogrzeb Michaela Jacksona. W artykule zamieszczamy skrócony życiorys artysty (w języku angielskim) oraz ponad dwadzieścia fotografii.

Fakty z życia artysty

29 AUGUST 1958

Michael Joseph Jackson is born to Joseph and Katherine in Gary, Indiana, US

1963

Michael joins Tito, Jackie, Jermaine and Marlon in the Jackson Five

JUL1968

The Jackson Five audition for Motown Records, changing their name to The Jackson 5 once signed

JAN 1970

Releases debut Jackson 5 single, I Want You Back

JAN 1972

Releases debut solo album, Got To Be There

AUG 1979

Releases Off The Wall, selling 20m copies worldwide

NOV 1982

Releases Thriller. Becomes the biggestselling album of all time with up to 100 million copies sold

MAR 1983

Performs his signature move, the Moollwalk, for the first time

FEB 1984

Thriller wins eight Crammy Awards

JAN 1984

Suffers serious burns to his scalp while filming an advert for Pepsi

NOV 1984

Receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame

MAR 1985

Releases We Are The World, a charity single co-written with Lionel Richie

AUG 1987

Releases Bad, selling 30m copies worldwide

MAY 1988

Moves into the Neverland ranch

NOV 1991

Releases Dangerous album, selling 32m copies worldwide

FEB 1993

Appears on Oprah, telling her he suffers from skin condition vitiligo and that his father beat him as a child

MAY 1994

Marries Lisa Marie Presley

JUN 1995

Releases HIStory, selling 20m copies worldwide

JAN 1996

Divorces Lisa Marie

SEPT 1996

Launches his final tour, HIStory World Tour in Prague

NOV 1996

Marries Debbie Rowe

FEB 1997

Debbie gives birth to son Prince Michael Jackson Jnr

MAY 1997

Releases Blood On The Dance Floor, selling 5m copies

APR 1998

Debbie gives birth to daughter Paris Michael

OCT 1999

Divorces Debbie. Michael gets full custody of their children

MAR 2001

Inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame as a solo artist, four years after the Jackson 5 were inducted

SEPT 2001

Performs two 30th anniversary shows in New York, with a third show United We Stand: Whal More Call I Give? a benefit in the wake of 9/11

OCT 2001

Releases final studio album Invincible, selling 8 million copies worldwide

2002

Michael's second son, Prince Michael II (aka Blanket), is born to an unnamed woman

NOV 2002

Causes outcry when he dangles Blanket out of a third-floor hotel window

FEB 2003

The Martin Bashir documentary Living With Michael is broadcast on TV

NOV 2003

Releases Number Ones, selling 7m copies worldwide

SEPT 2006

Settles a lawsuit filed by Debbie Rowe and retains full custody of kids while she receives a cash sum

MAR 2009

Announces he will be performing a series of This Is It gigs at the O2 arena later in the summer, saying they will be the last of his career. Some are postponed two months later

25 JUNE 2009

It is confirmed that Michael has died after suffering cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles

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