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Michael Jackson
(1958 – 2009) From his debut as preteen hitmaker with the Jackson Five, to his ascendancy to global superstardom in the 1980s, to his eccentric, rumor-spawning lifestyle, to his bizarre death, every aspect of Michael Jackson's biography seems mythic and stranger than fiction. Beyond the odd and tragic circumstances of his life and death, though, Jackson was a musical force credited for his gifts as a performer and his brilliance as a singer, songwriter, and arranger. At his career peak in the 1980s, Jackson did much to change the face of popular music, breaking down many of the rigid barriers...