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Michael Jackson
American singer, songwriter, and dancer
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Arts & Culture
- In full:
- Michael Joseph Jackson
- Or:
- Michael Joe Jackson
- Died:
- June 25, 2009, Los Angeles, California (aged 50)
- Notable Works:
- “We Are the World”
- Notable Family Members:
- sister Janet Jackson
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Michael Jackson (born August 29, 1958, Gary, Indiana, U.S.—died June 25, 2009, Los Angeles, California) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer who was the most popular entertainer in the world in the early and mid-1980s. Reared in Gary, Indiana, in one of the most acclaimed musical families of the rock era, Michael Jackson was the youngest and most talented of five brothers whom his father, Joseph, shaped into a dazzling group of child stars known as the Jackson 5. In addition to Michael, the members of the Jackson 5 were Jackie Jackson (byname of Sigmund Jackson; b. May 4, ...(100 of 1066 words)