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Michael's parents
Father: Joseph Walter Jackson.
Mother: Katherine
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Name: Michael Joseph Jackson.
Date of birth: 29th of August 1958.
HIGHT: Michael is five feet ten inches or (1.78m)
SHOE SIZE: Michael wears a size 8 1\2 (or a 42 in european measuremnts)
Place of birth: Gary
Indiana.
State: Single. Michael was first married to Lisa Marie Presley
and later to Debbie Rowe who gave Michael two children. A son
Prince Michael Jackson jr. (born the 13th of February,
1997) and a daughter Paris Michael Katherine Jackson
(born on the 3rd of April 1998).
Home: Neverland, Los Olivos.
First performance: Michael's very first performance was 'Climb
every mountain' in his kindergarten class, 1963.
The Jackson
Five: The Jackson five was formed in 1964 and
had their first performance at Mr. Lucky's in Gary Indiana.
Original in the Jackson five were: Jermaine, Jackie, Tito, Marlon
and Michael. In the beginning the Jackson Five was acompanied by
one of their cousins Johny.
Michael as a child
First single: The Jackson five first single was Big
Boy who was recorded at Steeltown in 1968.
Motown: In 1968 Bobby Tayler & The Vancouvers discover the Jackson five at the Regal Theater in Chicago. In 1969 The Jackson five does an audition for Berry Gordy at Motown and signs a contract with them. The first single they record at Motown is I want you back. Also in 1969 the Jacksons move from Gary Indiana to Havenhurst in California. The first album the Jackson five record is Diana Ross presents the Jackson five, better known as ABC. This album is also the first gold record of the J-5.
First solo album:
The first solo album of
Michael is "Got to be there" in 1972.
Jacksons: In 1976 The 'Jackson five' signs up with
Epic and change their name into: 'The Jacksons'.
Jermaine stays at Motown and Randy takes his place at
the Jacksons.
Movies: The Wiz 1977 was the first movie Michael
acted as a scarecrow. Diana Ross was also in this movie. In 1982
Michael narrated a special album edition of the Steven Spielberg
ET movie that includes a special song "Someone in the
dark". After that 1986 Michael did a special 3-D movie for
Disney called Captain EO. Moonwalker came out in 1988 and in 1996
he made the short film GHOSTS.
Tours: During the Jackson five period there
were many small tours. The biggest tours were the Victory tour
(with the Jacksons) 1984, BAD tour 87/88, Dangerous tour
92/93 and the HIStory world tour 96/97.
Awards: Michael has been rewarded with Awards almost all his
life. The first Award the Jackson five receives is NAACP image
award for best group of the year 1970. Later Michael receives
many more Awards such as the famous: Grammy award's, Billboard
Awards, American music Awards, MTV Awards, Guinness book of
records Awards (Thriller: best selling album of all times),
Soultrain Awards, Legendary King of Pop Award, etc., etc. In 2000
Michael receives the artist of the Millenium Award at the World
Music awards in Monte Carlo.
Charity: Michael has been supporting charity all
his life. Best known charities are: The Ronald Mc Donald children
foundation, The make a wish foundation, Childright, etc., etc. In
1984 Michael opens his own burning center after he suffers severe
burns to his scalp during a commercial shoot for Pepsi. In 1985
Michael writes the song "We are the World" to help the
hungry people in Africa. In 1992 Michael starts with the
"Heal the World foundation". A foundation that helps
the needy children of the world. "The Guinness Book of World
Records 2000 Millennium Edition" includes the following
entry: Most Charities Supported By a Pop Star Michael Jackson has
supported 39 charitable organizations either with monetary
donations through sponsorships of their projects or by
participating in their silent auctions. The charities involved
include AIDS Project L.A., American Cancer Society, BMI
Foundation, Inc., Childhelp USA, United Negro College Fund
(UNCF), YMCA - 28th Street/Crenshaw, The Sickle Cell Research
Foundation and Volunteers of America.
Facts
Michael Joseph Jackson has become one of the most recognizable, if not the most recognizable, figure in the entertainment industry. His name is known throughout the known world and his fans are legion. Even at the young age of 37 years, he has become a living legend in our world, famous not only for his amazing musical talents and accomplishments spanning a period in excess of twenty-five years, but also for his unparalleled commitment to the many and various humanitarian and ecological concerns which plague our beleaguered planet. His music is heard emanating from radio broadcasters from Afghanistan to Zululand and every place in between. He has toured the world many times and garnered every award known to the recording industry with several, such as the American Music Award's Michael Jackson International Artist of the Year Award and the MTV Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award being named after him. He is the holder of the Guinness Book of World Records award for the largest selling album in history, "Thriller", still unsurpassed at over 46 million copies sold over a decade after its release ... as well as the Guinness Book of World Records award for the largest selling single in History, "We Are the World", a collaborative, all-star recording which has earned over $60 million for world famine relief ... and he is the holder of the world's record for the largest musical tour.
Along with being the best known and, arguably, the most accomplished live performer the world has ever seen, Michael Jackson is also, undoubtedly, the least understood and most often misrepresented public figure to ever grace this planet. He is frequently misquoted in published accounts of his life. His words are often taken out of context; his actions are held up for ridicule and scorn by the international press corps; his lifestyle choices and sexual inclinations are daily fare for the worldwide yellow journalistic profession.
Michael Jackson's unparelleled fame notwithstanding, it is discouraging to realize the amount of ignorance with which he is viewed by much of the world's press community ... and, therefore, by the world's citizens. In the words of Jay Cocks, writing for Time Magazine in March 1984, "Show business accepts innocence only if it can be sentimentalized. Jackson's world of fantasy is easier to dismiss with malicious gossip than understand with sympathy." The world press community (both legitimate and gutter) has chosen Mr. Cocks' easy way to cope with Michael Jackson's talent, popularity, creativity and persona; he challenges that choice within his music, films, performances and personal lifestyle.
This brief biography is an
attempt to make Michael Jackson real for the majority of his fans
worldwide. It is not intended as a totally objective view because
its author cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, be called
objective with regards to Michael Jackson. Rather, it is a rough
sketch of the facts of Michael Jackson's life -- a portrait
painted in words and thoughts.
Michael Joseph Jackson was born August 29, 1958, the seventh of nine children born to Joseph and Katherine Jackson in Gary, Indiana (U.S.A.) Michael's father, Joseph, was a steel-mill worker in this working-class city near Chicago, Illinois, but his heart was devoted to music. Joseph played guitar and sang in a rhythm and blues group called "the Falcons" in strip clubs and burlesque houses in the Chicago area. Katherine worked part-time as a sales clerk in a local retail establishment in Gary. She was a highly devout, practicing member of the Jehovah's Witness faith.
Michael's birth was preceded by his older sisters, Maureen (nicknamed Rebbie within the family)and LaToya and his brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon. He was followed by brother, Randy, and sister, Janet. Together, the Jackson brothers would make music history, first as the Jackson 5 and then as the Jacksons ... but Michael would surpass them all in his solo career.
The Jackson home in Gary, Indiana was a small four-room house consisting of a living room, kitchen and two bedrooms. Katherine and Joseph shared one bedroom, the five brothers shared the second bedroom, and the two oldest girls slept on a hideaway bed in the living room. The children had a very strict upbringing due to Katherine and Joseph's escalating unease with the dangers of the streets of Gary. They attended a school within walking distance of their house and were required to return directly from school to their small home. They were not allowed to visit their friends' homes or to participate in after- school activities, such as baseball or basketball. But, with their father's love of music and their mother's wonderful voice, they were allowed an abundance of music as a pasttime.
As the children grew older, the four oldest boys began to imitate their mother, harmonizing with her on country and western favorites in their home. Tito discovered Joseph's guitar in the closet and began tinkering with it, finally learning to play well enough to accompany his siblings as they sang. Eventually, the inevitable happened -- a string broke while Tito was playing Joseph's guitar and, after being punished severely by Joseph, Tito was asked to show Joseph what he could do with it. Joseph was impressed with his young sons' abilities and began to train them rigorously, rehearsing them after school, often long into the night.
At a very early age, Michael began to show signs of the turn his life would take. Katherine recalled that, at the ripe old age of a year and a half, he would hold his bottle and dance to the rhythm of the washing machine. His grandmother reminisced that he began to sing at the age of three, "And what a beautiful voice he had. Even back then, he was a joy to listen to." According to brother Tito, Michael's lightning moves originated in ducking and swaying to avoid his parent's punishing blows. "He was so quick that if my mother or father used to swing at him, he'd be out of their way. They'd be swinging at air."
Michael was always impressed with his older brothers' musical rehearsals and began to imitate them at a very early age. He sang his first solo, "Climb Every Mountain" from the "Sound of Music" for a school program at the age of six years and , even at that young age, his vocal timbre was enough to bring tears to his teachers' eyes. He joined his brothers shortly after, singing harmony with them on songs made famous by the Temptations, the O'Jays and James Brown.
Joseph began to book his sons into some of the same strip joints and burlesque houses throughout the Gary and Chicagoland area that the "Falcons" had played and the young Jacksons, fronted by six-year-old Michael, became professional entertainers. They rehearsed daily (after school) under the watchful eye of their strict, tyrranical father. They spent their weekends traveling to clubs to perform, often arriving home very early on Monday morning to resume their school schedules a couple of hours later. During these rehearsals, they sharpened ... refined ... their raw talent, acquiring the professional stagecraft that only constant practice can impart. The Jacksons joined talent shows and, eventually, won a city- wide show which brought them to the attention of Ben Brown, owner of SteelTown Records, who recorded their first album. The Jackson brothers were thrilled to hear their record played on the radio and Michael has recalled his joy in his autobiography, Moonwalk.
After performing the club circuit and talent shows throughout the Midwest, the young brothers won a talent show and were allowed to play on the same bill as Bobby and the Vancouvers. It was Bobby Taylor who brought the Jackson 5 to Motown and auditioned them for Suzanne De Passe, although the Motown Press Department disseminated the legend that Diana Ross had discovered them. Diana Ross did, indeed, present them to the public, both as a sponsor of their first album, "Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5" and on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Berry Gordy, the founder of Motown, has recalled his first meeting with the Jackson 5 in the following words, derived from his 1995 autobiography, "To Be Loved: The Music, The Magic, the Memories of Motown"
"When I look at it today, I can still remember the intensity we all felt standing there that July morning watching those five young boys fom Gary, Indiana perform. Nine-year-old Michael, eleven-year-old Marlon, fourteen-year-old Jermaine, and fifteen- and seventeen-year-old Tito and Jackie meant business. All of them moved, sang and played their instruments like winners.
They tore into the Temptations' "Aint Too Proud to Beg" - all moving together like little David Ruffins, but with a style all their own. When they sang "I Wish It Would Rain" and "Tobacco Road," they made the songs sound like they were written just for them. They wound up with little Michael doing James Brown's "I Got the Feeling." His dazzling footwork would have certainly made the Godfather proud.
This little kid had an incredible knowingness about him that really made me take notice. He sang his songs with such feeling, inspiration and pain -- like he had experienced everything he was singing about. In between songs he kept his eyes on me the whole time, as if he was studying me."
The Jackson 5 signed with
Motown and during their tenure with the Detroit and Los
Angeles-based music giant, they recorded the following albums:
In addition to recording with
his brothers, Michael also recorded the following solo albums
with Motown:
In his autobiography, Moonwalk, Michael Jackson has described his childhood as "mostly work." The Jackson brothers were rehearsed and managed by their overly-strict father, whose insistence on perfect performances ... in school work as well as in rehearsals and talent shows ... frequently ended in physical and/or verbal violence. Michael was eleven-years-old when the group signed with Motown in 1969 (although the Motown press corps published his age as nine, explaining that he would be much cuter and more appealing to the public if he were two years younger. They called it "public relations.")
Regardless, his voice and his effervescent, youthful charm endeared him to a public who was eager to embrace him. He gives a rare glimpse of his youth in his statement that in the summer of 1970, the Jackson 5 performed in 45 cities, with 50 more cities being added later in the year. Forty-five cities within a ninety-day period meant that he and his brothers were performing concerts [on average] every second day during that summer. Travel to and from the concerts accounted for a portion of the non-performing day. And this does NOT account for recording sessions, picture sessions, interviews, or the interminable rehearsals Joseph Jackson insisted upon. It also does not account for the fact that, unlike many lead singers of the time, Michael was present at EACH of these recording sessions. He recorded with his brothers and his is the beautiful, clear treble in the backgrounds of all of the Jackson 5 early hits. Later, he would return to the recording studio while his brothers played basketball or tinkered with cars to lay in the lead tracks and round off the recordings.
Michael Jackson describes his relationship with his father, Joseph, as "turbulent", understating rather than sensationalizing that relationship. But, much later, during a televised interview, he replied to his interrogator's questions regarding this relationship with the words, [I was] "frightened ... very frightened. There were times when he would come to see me, I would get sick. I would start to regurgitate." When asked if such occasions occurred "as a child ... or as an adult," he responded with one word ... "both." He was 35 years old at the time of the interview.
In 1976, the Jackson 5 left Motown Records because, in Michael's words, "we didn't like the way we were being recorded." Berry Gordy's personal management of the siblings recording sessions and 'The Corporation's' creative songwriting had been withdrawn in favor of Diana Ross's acting career and his move to Hollywood to dabble in the film-making industry. The Jacksons felt his inattention sorely. Though sixteen-year- old Michael had met with Berry Gordy to request approval to write and produce their own music, Gordy refused to allow the Jackson 5 this freedom. Perhaps, because of their youth, Gordy felt justified in refusing to allow them the artistic freedom such creativity demands. It is no secret that many Motown artists had to struggle with Mr. Gordy for artistic control over their releases on his label. Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye all did battle with the Motown head to achieve their artistic liberation.
Regardless, the Jacksons left Motown to sign with EPIC records in 1976. Jermaine, having married Berry Gordy's daughter, Hazel Gordy, remained with Motown and was replaced both in the studio and on tour with Randy, the sixth Jackson to enter the entertainment field. Michael describes the first show they did without Jermaine in his autobiography, Moonwalk:
"I clearly remember the first show we did without him because it was so painful for me. Since my earliest days on the stage -- and even in our Gary living room -- Jermaine stood at my left with his bass. I depended on being next to Jermaine. And when I did that first show without him there, with no one next to me, I felt totally naked onstage for the first time in my life."
During their tenure with EPIC,
the Jacksons worked with Gamble and Huff as producers on their
first two albums, except for two songs each which were composed
and produced by the Jacksons. Their last three albums were
composed and produced exclusively by the Jacksons.
In 1979, Michael starred as the
Scarecrow in "The WIZ," an updated version of "The
Wizard of Oz", starring Diana Ross, Nipsey Russell, Lena
Horne and Richard Pryor. He moved to New York, far from the reach
of Joseph Jackson, and began to experience life on more
independent terms, enjoying outings to plays and dance clubs.
During the filming, he renewed his old acquaintanceship with
Quincy Jones. Later, Q and Michael would join forces to make
musical history repeatedly. With Quincy as producer, Michael
would record:
The extraordinary collaboration with Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson broke so many records that it would be difficult to list them all. Suffice it to say that with Quincy, Michael rose to his present, unprecedented status as 'The Greatest Entertainer in the World.' Thriller is the best-selling album in the history of the recording industry. It won an unheard-of seven Grammy Awards and many international awards throughout the world -- and is still selling well over one million copies per year more than thirteen years after its release. The latest figures I've seen list Thriller at over 46 million copies sold worldwide.
Michael Jackson's "Bad" album held the second place in worldwide sales for quite a few years, becoming the first album in HIStory to generate five #1 hits, but I understand that it has now been supplanted by "Dangerous", Michael's fourth solo album on EPIC Records (22 million and 23 million albums sold, respectively, according to the most recent sales figures released.)
Michael Jackson's fourth solo release, "Dangerous" contains Jam/In the Closet/Heal the World/Will You Be There/and a host of other truly memorable tracks, including Gone Too Soon, Michael's tearful farewell to his young friend, Ryan White, a hemophiliac who died at the age of 18 from AIDS, contracted by a compromised transfusion of blood plasma. The song is dedicated to Ryan both on the album and on the short film compilation as well as in Michael's performance on the occasion of President Bill Clinton's Inauguration in 1992.
Michael Jackson's fifth solo release on EPIC Records was released on June 21, 1995. "HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book 1" is a truly remarkable collection of music featuring a duet with sister, Janet, called "Scream" and fourteen original tracks in addition to fifteen greatest hits on a two-disc set. During its first six months, "HIStory" sold more than 8.5 million copies worldwide. Current (February 1996) sales figures list "HIStory" at 11.9 million copies worldwide. "HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book 1" is Michael Jackson's pain-filled and angry response to the unremitting scorn and ridicule to which he has been subjected by the world's press community since his very earliest days on the stage.
From the date of it's release, "HIStory" has attracted the ire and criticism of many of the critics in the United States. Yet, the album's single releases have broken record after record. "Scream" debutted at #5 on Billboard's HOT 100 chart, breaking a 25-year old record set by the Beatles with "Let It Be". "You Are Not Alone" debuted on the same chart at #1, shattering Michael's own record of approximately six weeks' duration, a totally unprecedented occurrence in the annals of the history of the recorded arts and sciences. The third single released from HIStory, "Earth Song", was not released as a single in the United States, but it set records in the rest of the world, having held the #1 spot on the United Kingdom charts for 6 weeks through the Christmas season of 1995. The album itself, although roundly denounced as an unsatisfactory effort by a "washed up has been" by America's music critics has recently been nominated for six Grammy Awards, being labelled "a great album" by the nominating committee ... and that "washed up has been" was awarded the American Music Awards Favorite Male Pop/Rock Artist award on January 29, 1996. Which just goes to show that you should never take a critic's or reporter's word as gospel. Listen and investigate and judge for yourself. The third single (U.S.) and fourth single (world) to be released from "HIStory" is being readied and scheduled for late February. The short film to accompany "They Don't Care About Us" was filmed in New York and Brazil.
In September 1996, Michael
Jackson embarked on his third solo world tour in Prague, Czech
Republic. The first leg of the tour is scheduled to extend
through January 1997, with the second leg to commence in late
May, extending through September 1997 spanning the continents of
Europe and Australia and Japan. During a tour stop in Australia,
Michael surprised the world with the announcement that one of his
long-held dreams would be realized in the birth of his son in
February 1997. One week later, Michael walked down the proverbial
aisle again in a private ceremony in Sydney, Australia, marrying
Debbie Rowe, the mother of his soon-to-be-born son. The child was
delivered at the Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in Los
Angeles,California in a natural birth, reportedly attended by a
very emotional father.
Perfectionism:
It is not only Michael's musical ability which sets him apart from other artists. Michael Jackson is also well-known for his devotion to detail, his perfectionism. Michael refuses to release marginal material to his international fans. He pours himself, body and soul, into each and every project he undertakes. He doesn't care about deadlines or schedules -- if it is not right, if it does not make him feel complete, satisfied -- it is not good enough for his fans. This attitude has frequently been responsible for the lengthy delays accompanying his releases.
It is also this perfectionism
which is partly responsible for his much publicized and
criticized hospitalizations. His most recent hospitalization
occurred December 6, 1995, when he was admitted to the Beth
Israel Medical Center in New York City after collapsing on stage
mid-song while rehearsing for his HBO special. Michael had been
suffering from a viral infection of the intestinal tract for
several days before his collapse, but instead of resting and
letting the special take care of itself, Michael continued to
rehearse, sometimes between 12 and 15 hours a day, to perfect his
show for us, his fans. By ignoring his physical distress, Michael
seriously endangered his life, causing severe dehydration, heart
arrythmia, shock, and liver and kidney damage from the
electrolyte imbalance. He seems to have recovered his health, but
this incident is just another illustration of his perfectionist
nature. In a world which seems to accept, and even encourage,
mediocrity, this devotion to giving his best places Michael in a
class all his own among his colleagues.
Michael is also legendary for his humanitarian commitment to children the world over and for the exceptional, symbiotic relationship he enjoys with his international fans. He has contributed to many organizations through the years, including the United Negro College Fund, (resulting in more than 97 scholarships being awarded to deserving young people whose college educations would have been impossible without his largesse) ... Make a Wish Foundation, resulting in hundreds of ill or deprived young people realizing their dreams of meeting Michael Jackson and regular invitations to Los Angeles area children to come and play in his Amusement Park and Zoo, Dreamstreet, DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), upon whose Governing Board Michael Jackson has served for years ... as well as allowing the use of his most popular compositions in national campaigns against drunk driving ("Beat It")and drug abuse ("Bad").
In 1991, Michael Jackson founded the Heal the World Foundation. Its goal is, in Michael's words, "healing -- pure and simple." Heal the World provides immediate relief efforts to needy children around the world. Under the auspices of this international children's charity, Michael has spearheaded several airlifts of food and medical supplies to wartorn Sarajevo, instituted a mentoring, immunization and drug abuse education program entitled "Heal LA" for embattled Los Angeles after the Rodney King debacle and paid for Hungarian four-year-old, Bela Farcas', liver transplant
Many in the media have suggested that Michael's legendary humanitarian work is undertaken to further publicize the most famous human being on the planet or as tax write-offs. Such suggestions are laughable ... as well as irrelevant. Although Michael Jackson has opened his wallet ... and his home ... to deprived, disadvantaged or ill children the world over, his most significant contribution ... and one that remains an inspiration to many millions of fans ... is his time and his attention, a much more valuable commodity than mere money.
At nearly every city on his world tours, Michael Jackson visits toy stores and music shops, purchasing thousands of dollars worth of toys and cds. The world's media, particularly in the United States, views these visits as "bizarre" or "weird." Again, the judgment is irrelevant. The shopping sprees are necessary. Usually, his next stop is a children's hospital ... or orphanage ... or school ... where he distributes his purchases to sick and disadvantaged children, often staying up late to insert batteries and ascertain that each of the toys works properly before distributing them. He doesn't just drop them off ... or send them with couriers ... he visits each child, spending time talking and laughing with children too young ... or too sick ... to understand that their visitor is Michael Jackson, superstar. Such devotion is all too rare in our world. His genuine delight in the presence of children can be experienced by watching footage of these visits ... witnessing his hand caressing the bald head of a young cancer victim gently ... watching his timid smile as he approaches ... or the way his face lights, as if from within, when children are present ... providing evidence to the open-hearted of his sincerity in this regard. Such open reactions cannot be faked ... nor can they be hidden. To those who do not see, I express my sincerest sympathy. Their blindness extends far past their visual apparatus ... it is a blindness of the soul.
Michael Jackson was
awarded the VH1 "International Artist" Honor in
November 1995 in honor of his international humanitarian
contributions.
Michael Jackson has spent the
majority of his life in the harsh glare of the public eye. He is
a very shy, private person who magically transforms himself into
a whirling dervish during his performances -- a perpetual motion
machine when involved in a stage show. As a result of his
dedication to maintaining his privacy, Michael has limited the
amount of personal publicity he willingly gives to the press. The
media, however, has not allowed Michael's reticence to discuss
his personal life to bar them from discussing it at great length.
Many of the rumors that have been circulated about Michael's life
are patently absurd, illogical, nonsensical and totally untrue.
He has explained many of them in his autobiography, Moonwalk.
Nonetheless, the media seems to have an endless obsession with
printing lies, rumors, innuendos and fortune-telling -- in lieu
of hard, tangible, provable facts -- regarding Michael Jackson.
The following section will tell Michael's side of some of the
more popular recurring stories of "bizarre" behavior
and "weird" lifestyle.
Accounts of Michael sleeping in
an oxygen chamber were explained during a 90-minute live
interview held in February 1993 with Oprah Winfrey. During the
interview, entitled "Ninety Prime Time Minutes with
the King of Pop,"
Michael admitted purchasing the hyperbaric chamber as a
therapeutic aid for burn victims.
He donated the chamber to the Brotman Medical Center in Culvert
City, California after he had been admitted for treatment of
severe burns to his scalp suffered during the filming of a Pepsi
commercial.
He denied having purchased it for himself and when it was
explained that the rumor was that he didn't want to grow old,
Michael replied, "That's stupid. That's stupid. It's
completely made up. And I'm embarrassed."
The photographs taken of him inside the chamber were
easily explained. He had entered the chamber to check it out and
"hammer around" but, he explained, he did not sleep in
any kind of chamber, he was not afraid of growing old.
He has also denied any knowledge of how the story came to be
printed in the first place, denying the rumor that he had started
the story as a publicity stunt emphatically and directly. Of
course, following the interview, most major publications that
featured the story insinuated or stated directly that Michael
Jackson had lied about this and many other statements during the
intimate chat with Oprah. Logically, if there is one man who does
not need publicity stunts, Michael Jackson is that man.
Everything he says, thinks, feels, does, or doesn't do is
reported widely all over the world, to his chagrin.
During the same interview described in the oxygen chamber section above, Michael denied ever trying to purchase Mr. Merrick's skeletal remains. He explained that the story of John Merrick touched him profoundly, "it made me cry because I saw myself in the story, but, NO, I never tried to buy the Elephant Man's bones. What would I do with a bag of bones?"
During the above-mentioned
interview, both Michael and Elizabeth Taylor denied the rumors
that Michael had proposed marriage to her. In Ms. Taylor's words,
"and I never proposed to him." To Ms. Winfrey's
question about what had "brought about such a bond"
between them, Ms. Taylor replied that they became close as a
result of having very similar childhoods. "I was a star when
I was nine years old -- had an abusive father. That brought us
close in the very beginning." She also stated emphatically
in reference to Michael Jackson, "he is the least weird man
I have ever known." When asked what she most wanted the
world to know about Michael Jackson, Ms. Taylor responded,
"What a giving, caring, generous man he is. And how good he
is."
Michael answered Oprah Winfrey's questions about his facial surgeries by saying, "It's only two things.
Actually, Michael has admitted to having had two rhinoplasties. The first was the result of a fall on stage in 1979. Michael broke his nose, according to reports -- it had to be rebuilt. Simple ... straightforward ... logical ... no mystery here. The second was a direct result of the first -- it had been botched. He couldn't breathe properly -- for a singer, this is very serious. Granted, on both occasions, cosmetic procedures were performed at the same time. But both were necessary medical procedures to remedy damages incurred during an accident.
One of the major reasons for
the performance of cosmetic procedures may have been the
psychological abuse to which Michael was subjected as a youth.
Brothers can be exceedingly and excrutiatingly cruel to one
younger, less hard-skinned, and more talented than they -- his
older brothers' favorite nickname for Michael was "BIG
NOSE" and his father frequently referred to him as
"ugly." Such baiting can have lasting effects on young,
impressionable people -- perhaps even forming their self-images
for the rest of their lives. A popular biographer describes such
an incident during Michael's early teens when the lighthearted
teasing and comaraderie between the brothers turned viciously
embarrassing when the conversation turned to nicknames in the
presence of the reporter and photographer from a magazine with a
national distribution. Such wounds bleed deeply and profusely --
and for too long -- as we all know from first hand experience.
Michael has explained his
pigmentation abnormalities as a skin disorder known as vitiligo,
which is closely related to albinism. Small ovular patches of the
skin lose their pigment as a result of the failure of skin cells,
called melanocytes, to produce and store melanin. Melanin is
largely responsible for uniform pigmentation of the skin, hair
and eyes and is also influential in protecting human skin from
the harmful environmental radiation present in the ultraviolet
spectrum of sunlight. Gradually, these small patches enlarge
enormously, resulting in an overall lack of pigment in affected
areas. As a result of his pigmentation abnormality, Michael has
to be VERY CAUTIOUS when exposed to direct
sunlight.
On May 26, 1994, Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley were married in a private ceremony outside of the United States. No announcement was made regarding the nuptials until nearly three months later, in August, 1994, when Lisa Marie Presley-Jackson did announce that she and Michael were, indeed, husband and wife. Naturally, the media immediately ran rampant with accounts of this latest in, according to their views, a long line of "publicity stunts" concocted to repair damage to Michael Jackson's "tarnished" image in the wake of molestation allegations made against him in 1993. One wonders how logical it is to stage a "publicity stunt" and then keep it totally secret for nearly three months. No one has been able to answer that question to my satisfaction yet.
In January, 1996 an announcement was made by Lisa Marie Presley- Jackson's publicist and lawyer that the marriage between Lisa Marie and Michael would be dissolved by decree of divorce. Speculations regarding the reasons for the divorce and who would benefit the most from the property settlement occupied press accounts for weeks. We, Michael's fans, may never know what went wrong. And, as his fans, we would do better to bear no ill will toward either of the participants in this common tragedy than to speculate about the reasons for the split or the personal property settlements. We, the board of the Michael Jackson Internet Fan Club, wish them both happiness and pray for their continued health. We are grateful for the eighteen months of joy that they obviously gave each other.
Considering the amount of
pressure put upon this young couple from the day of the
announcement of their secret wedding in the Dominican Republic,
both from within and outside of the relationship, it would be
hard to find a better reason for the split. Michael and Lisa
Marie, to the shame of the journalistic profession, was actually
asked on national television if they had sexual relations by a
"reputable, serious journalist," who, unwilling to ask
the question herself, had the passersby on the street ask it.
Such information is not within the public domain -- and never has
been. The degrading and humiliating comments made by journalists,
talk show hosts and reputable announcers regarding the marriage
were enough to make an angel weep for shame.
In
November 1996,
Michael married Debbie Rowe, his friend of
fifteen years and the nurse in his dermatologists office in a
private ceremony in his hotel suite in Sydney, Australia during
his scheduled tour stop in that city. In February 1997, Michael
Jackson's first child was born at the Cedar-Sinai Medical Center
in Los Angeles, California. The healthy boy, named Prince Michael
Junior in honor of Michael's grandfather and great-grandfather,
made his appearance on February 13, 1997 in a natural birth
attended by his father.
In August, 1993, allegations of child molestation were brought against Michael Jackson. According to Mary Fisher of "Gentleman's Quarterly," the allegations were only elicited from the child after a "highly irregular" session in his father's dental office under the influence of a "highly unstable, hypnotic drug" called Sodium Amytol, which has been proven in previous cases to instill false memories in its victims.
The uproar in the international press over this story was an experience that this author, for one, never ever wants to witness again. Michael Jackson was hung, drawn, and quartered by the world's press community on no evidence of any wrongdoing ... and in the cruelest, most humiliating manner possible. He was eviscerated with pen and ink in an example of celebrity-bashing seldom equaled. Appalling and hair-raising accounts of perversions were disseminated throughout the world about a man who had lived an exemplary life in the harsh glare of the media for the majority of his life. During the entire affair, few (with the exception of Mary Fisher, mentioned above) took a logical, sensible view. The sensational would sell more papers.
The criminal case ended in October 1994 with no charges of any kind being brought against Michael Jackson after the Santa Barbara and LA authorities interviewed close to 50 children who had been befriended by Michael Jackson, dozens of Jackson's friends and associates and employees, and conducted a body search and photograph session. The civil suit ended when Michael Jackson and the representatives of the boy who brought the allegations settled the suit out of court for an unspecified amount.
Throughout the 13-month investigations, Michael Jackson maintained his total innocence with dignity and humanity. He never degraded or humiliated his accusers -- he never lashed out in anger over their duplicity -- he held his head high with pride and proclaimed his innocence briefly and succinctly. His behavior in this situation speaks more to his innocence than any words that I could write.
During a televised live
interview broadcast by PrimeTime Live with Diane Sawyer, Ms.
Sawyer questioned Michael about the allegations. "Did
you ever sexually engage, fondle, have sexual contact with this
child, or any child?"
Michael's response was clear and emphatic, "Never, ever! I
could never harm a child. That's not what's in my heart, that's
not who I am ..."
About MJ's Skin
How did MJ become a white ?
Vitiligo! That is the answer. and here are some explanation for this skin diseas:
Michael’s malady
(vitiligo; singer Michael
Jackson)
People Weekly, v39, n8, p46(1) March 1, 1993
ABSTRACT:
Dr. James Nordlund
describes the psychological and physical effects and the care and
treatment of vitiligo, a disease that destroys skin pigmentation.
Michael Jackson said in a televised interview that he suffers
from the disease.
TEXT:
Michael Jackson startled one of television’s largest
audiences ever two weeks ago when he told Oprah Winfrey that he
does not bleach his skin, as many had suspected. Instead, he
said, he has “a skin disorder.”
His dermatologist identified it as vitiligo, an often
unsightly but noncontagious condition that causes skin to lose
its pigmentation. PEOPLE asked Dr. James J. Nordlund, 53, a
dermatologist who is director of the Pigment Clinic at the
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, to tell us more about
the surprisingly common disease.
How many people in
the U.S. are affected by vitiligo?
The best estimate is
slightly less than one in every 100 persons -- somewhere between
1 and 2 million people with varying degrees of severity --
affecting blacks and whites equally.
What does vitiligo
do to skin?
The disease destroys pigment cells, which comprise about 5
percent of the epidermis, in a patchy distribution. It leaves the
skin more susceptible to sunburn and damage from injuries.
What is its impact
on patients?
It’s not biologically life-threatening, but it certainly can
destroy a life. Imagine looking in the mirror and having white
blotches all over your face, your hands, your neck, your
genitalia. About a third of our patients really are depressed
from it.
Does everyone who
has a tiny patch of white on their body have the disease?
No. Vitiligo is one
of hundreds of disorders -- from mild fungus infections to lupus
-- that can produce white spots.
How does vitiligo
show itself?
Usually you notice white blotches around the eyes or on the cheek
and chin or the backs of the hands or knees. Then new spots can
appear. In some people it can spread so rapidly that they can be
totally depigmented in six months. Often it starts in childhood;
50 percent get it before the age of 20 and 95 percent before 40.
How do you treat the
disease?
The standard treatment for people with a relatively little amount
of vitiligo is to apply a mild cortisone cream once a day for
three to six months. For extensive cases, patients take a drug
called psoralen and are exposed to long-wave ultraviolet light
twice a week for three to 12 months. Up to 70 percent of our
patients get a significant amount of pigment back. If the
condition is too extensive -- where patients are 70 to 80 percent
depigmented -- we take the remaining pigment out using a cream
called Benoquin. But we always try to get the pigment back first.
CAPTION: Dr. James Nordlund has about 100
patients suffering from the extensive vitiligo that may afflict
Michael Jackson
COPYRIGHT 1993 Time Inc.
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Michael Jackson as a father
~ Meet The Family ~
Michael's first
wife - Lisa Marie Presley
( ex- wife of Michael
jackson )
Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson
About Lisa Marie Presely
Name: lisa marie presely
Date of birth: 1/2/1968
Parents: Elvis & Pricilla Presley
Marital Status: Michael jackson's ex-wife (26 may 1994-10 dec' 1995). has also been married to danny keough.
Husband #1:
Danny Keough, married
1988-1994
Children
from dani keough
Danielle Keough, born May 29, 1989
Benjamin Keough, born October 21, 1992
Husband #2: Michael Jackson, married 1994-1996
Children
from Michael Jackson: Non
Also romantically linked to: John Oszajca, Luke Watson, Nicolas Cage
Lisa Marie Presley is the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. She grew up out of the public eye but there have been several reports that she became addicted to cocaine when she was a teenager. Lisa reportedly kicked her drug problems after spending time in rehab. When she was 20, she married musician (and fellow Scientologist) Danny Keough. They had two kids together before they divorced in 1994. Within a year of the divorce, Lisa Marie was married to self-proclaimed "King of Pop" Michael Jackson, in what could be considered one of the most unlikely celebrity marriages of the '90s.
It was rumored that the marriage was an arrangement: Michael needed a wife to help ward off allegations that he was a homosexual child molester; Lisa, it was rumored, needed Michael to jumpstart her fledgling singing career. Lisa Marie and Michael insisted that the marriage wasn't a business arrangement and that they married because they were in love with each other. During a highly rated TV interview on "Prime Time Live," Lisa Marie proclaimed that that she and Michael had sex as husband and wife. Lisa Marie and Michael made another well-publicized appearance at the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards, where Michael proclaimed, "And they said it wouldn't last," before he and Lisa awkwardly kissed. Well, those who predicted the marriage "wouldn't last" were right. Michael and Lisa Marie divorced in 1996, citing "irreconcilable differences." In 1999, Lisa became romantically involved with Luke Watson, one of Danny Keough's best friends, but her relationship with Luke didn't last. Lisa then moved on to musician John Oszajca. John and Lisa were together for about two years and were even engaged to be married, but the relationship didn't last. In 2001, after the breakup with John, Lisa Marie began dating Nicolas Cage, but that relationship ended after about 10 months. Lisa has signed a record deal with Java Records (owned by producer/songwriter Glen Ballard, who's worked with Alanis Morissette) although it's unknown if her album will ever be released.
Michael's
second wife - Debbie Rowe
( ex-wife
of Michael jackson )
Debbie rowe and Michael Jackson
About Debbie Rowe
Name: Deborah (debbie) jeanne - Jackson
Date of birth: 6/12/1958
Place: spokane, washington (usa)
Parents: Gordon rowe and barbara chilcutt (divorced when debbie was 15)
Background: became the assistant of dr. arnold klen (michael's physician) where she became good friend with michael
Martial status: married to michael (ex-husband: richard s. edelman from 1982-89)
Children from Michael Jackson: prince michael jr. and paris.
Debbie Rowe-Jackson didn't marry the press or the public when she married Michael. Debbie herself has made it very-plainly-crystal-clear that she just flat won't be photographed, seen etc with Michael often. She has said she is very selfish about her time with Michael and Prince (now includes daughter Paris). She WON'T share her time with them to be photographed and eyed. The few times she has relented and given interviews or been photographed she has reinforced that she isn't part of the package because she married a famous man.
Now keep in mind that Michael
(as we have just gone through) and Lisa Marie and still friends
inspite of going through a divorce. Lisa Marie grew-up in the
public's eye being the sole child and heir to Elvis Presley's
money and name. It doesn't seem to bother Ms. Presley to be in
the public eye. Therefore you will naturally see Michael and Lisa
Marie in photos together more than you will see Michael and
Debbie in photos together. This has absolutely no bearing on how
much Michael loves Debbie or on how much time Michael spends with
one verses the other. Actually, Michael has diligently worked to
protect Debbie from the abusive press, knowing all too well the
emotional damage they can cause.
In the December issue of LIFE
magazine, it was noted that next to Michael's bed at his
Neverland ranch is a picture of Lisa Marie. That seemed to cause
a furor! Lisa Marie divorced Michael and since that time Michael
has spent very little time at his Neverland ranch. Since Michael
and Debbie have been married, Michael lived in Paris mostly while
on the HIStory world tour. He hasn't necessarily caught up the
neglected ranch house to his current life. What's more--it's a
photo of Lisa Marie when she was a child!
Interviewer: Michael, describe the relationship between yourself and Debbie.
Michael: Debbie and I love each other for all reasons you will never see on stage or in pictures. I fell for the beautiful, unpretentious, giving person that she is, and she fell for me just being me.
Interviewer: Debbie, what are your current feelings for Michael?
Debbie: I love him even more now than before our son was born. Fatherhood has brought out a very protective streak in him. He is so loving and strong.
Interviewer: Debbie, you have married and had a baby with the most famous man on earth. What effect has that had on you?
Debbie: I have married and had a baby with the man I will always love and I am on top of the world. The only time I feel sad is when I see quotes attributed to me that I never said or when I hear late night comedians taking cheap shots at my husband when they are not true. Don't believe 99 percent of the garbage you read or hear. I know that we will be under increasing public scrutiny and I don't look forward to that, but I know that will always be a part of being married to Michael.
Interviewer: Are you preventing Debbie from seeing the child?
Michael: No. That is completely false. We have been together as a family since the birth of our son, and we've cherished every moment as a family.
Interviewer: Debbie, what are your family's feelings about Michael?
Debbie: They're crazy about him. They were delighted to discover how warm and genuine he is.
Interviewer: Michael, what are Debbie's strengths as a mother?
Michael: Debbie is a very strong and caring woman. She's a wonderful mother!
Interviewer: Can we expect a song about your son on your new album?
Michael: The birth of my son has been very inspirational to me artistically, and there will definitely be a song in the future.
Interviewer: And one about Debbie, too?
Michael: Any song about my son has to be about Debbie as well.
May 21st, 1997 Debbie Rowe-Jackson gave an interview to Los Angeles reporter Chuck Henry for KNBC-TV. Following are some enlightening excerpts that further explain Michael and Debbie's relationship. The interview was interjected with some commentary by the station.
Debbie: I haven't abandoned him. A lot of people think I've abandoned him. I haven't abandoned him. I haven't abandoned my husband. I'm there, it's not like I'm that far away. I can be there in 13 hours. [Referring to Michael and the baby being in Paris during the History World Tour.
Chuck Henry: And Debbie flies to Paris twice a month for a weekend visit. Do you miss your son?
Debbie: Sure, and I miss Michael a lot too. But I don't feel like I have to be there. I don't think being there 24 hours a day makes a better relationship.
Chuck Henry: Debbie says there was NO prenuptial agreement, and NO financial payoff for her carrying Jackson's child, which she says was CONCEIVED NATURALLY.
Debbie: I would never do this for money. I did this because I love him. That's the only reason I did this.
Chuck Henry: Given all the stories about Michael Jackson, does Debbie feel totally comfortable with this arrangement?
Debbie: Obviously. I wouldn't have had a child.
Chuck Henry: And you wouldn't leave your child.
Debbie: And I wouldn't leave our child there.
Chuck Henry: If any of those things were true?
Debbie: If any of them were true. If I even suspected any of them were true.
Chuck Henry: And now you've had the baby.
Debbie: It was the world's best experience.
Chuck Henry: And through it all Michael never left her side.
Debbie: Did not let go of my hand the whole time. It was like "No, no, go see what he looks like." "No I'm not going to leave." "No, you have to, you have to go."
Chuck Henry: Debbie say that she and Michael also plan to have a home together someday. Debbie Rowe and Michael Jackson don't live together everyday. She flies to Paris twice a month to see her husband and her baby.
Debbie: I think a lot of husbands or fathers would say "You need to be here, this is your duty, this is your job." And it's not my job. It's not my duty. And he understands that, and he understands that I need my independence. I need to still be Debbie.
Chuck Henry: Yes, she is Mrs. Michael Jackson. Yes, she is the mother of a 14 week old baby. So, why isn't she living full-time with her little boy?
Debbie: we're untraditional people. He works there and I work here. And I think that it's better that a baby is with it's parent, whether it be his mom or his dad. More than he, the child, would be with a nanny. If the baby were here, it would be with a nanny because I do work everyday.
Chuck Henry: Why is it that you and Michael don't live together?
Debbie: I'm really independent and Michael understands that--and I'm really very fortunate to have a husband who does understand that, who knows that I need to work and I need to have my own self. Because he is so big and so Michael, I don't need to live with him 24 hours a day. He's working right now and when he comes home, we'll have time and we'll be together more. I don't want to give up my job. I don't want to do that--be a part of that lifestyle.
Chuck Henry: What would you say to people that would say, "Well, you and Michael must of had some sort of financial arrangement. That this is the way it was meant to be--you were just gonna have the baby."
Debbie: I don't need money. I would never--I would never do this for money. I did this because I love him. Michael Jackson is an entertainer. What he does on stage is everyone's business. You know what he does with me is my business. Our life is our business and no one else's.
Chuck Henry: Debbie says there are just a few people that either of them can trust. So they end up living a very quiet life.
Debbie: I don't like to go out to dinner. I don't like to go to affairs and things like that. I like to stay home and I like spending time with him and the baby.
Prince Michael Jackson Jr (Michael Jackson's Son)
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Prince Jr and Michael Jackson
About Prince Jr Jackson
Name: prince Michael Jackson Jr
Date of birth: 13/2/1997
place: Cendar - sinai medical
Parents: Michael & Debbie rowe Jackson
Sister: Paris
Paris Michael Kathe Jackson (Michael Jackson's Daughter)
sorry, no picture !
"And who gave you the right to take, intrusion!, to see me!"
About Paris Michael Katherine Jackson
Name: Paris Michael Katherine Jackson
Date of birth: 3/4/1998
place: The "spalding pain medical clinic" in beverly hills.
Parents: Michael & Debbie rowe Jackson
Brother: Prince.
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