Michael Jackson

Michael JacksonMichael Jackson was born the eighth of ten children on August 29, 1958 in Gary,Indiana, an industrial suburb of Chicago, to an African American working-classfamily. His mother, Katherine Esther Scruse, was a devout Jehovah's Witness, andhis father, Joseph Walter "Joe" Jackson, a steel mill worker who performed withan R&B band called The Falcons. Jackson had three sisters: Rebbie, La Toya, andJanet, and six brothers: Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, Brandon (Marlon's twinbrother, who died shortly after birth)[6] and Randy.Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009), known as the King ofPop, was an American musician and one of the most commercially successful andinfluential entertainers of all time. His unique contributions to music anddance, along with a highly publicized personal life, made him a prominent figurein popular culture for over four decades.