MICHAEL JAKSON

Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, died June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California) known in the art world as Michael Jackson, was a singer, songwriter and dancer of American pop music and its variants. Known as the "King of Pop" did about 80 records for different reasons and was included in the Guinness Book of Records on numerous occasions, for reasons among which, among others, be the most successful recording artist of all times, with about 750 million records sold, the most awarded recording artist in history, with hundreds of awards, including 15 Grammy Awards, the youngest singer to lead the singles chart in the United States, with 11 years of age, the first vocalist to enter the singles chart at number one, with "You are Not Alone"; highest number of weeks at number one on the album chart (no soundtrack) in the United States, with Thriller , for 37 weeks; Clip more successful, Michael Jackson's Thriller, with about 1 million units sold, the first entertainer to win more than $ 100 million in one year; animator best paid of all time (125 million in the Forbes 1989), and most successful entertainer of all time.

 

 

On the morning of June 25, 2009, the artist suffered a cardiac arrest at his rented mansion in Holmby Hills.126 Service members called the emergency number 911 for help at 12:21 PDT (UTC-7). paramedics, who arrived nine minutes later, they found no pulse or breathing, so he was given CPR and taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles at 1:14 pm. But despite the efforts of doctors was pronounced dead at 2:26 pm.The public memorial was held on July 7, 2009 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, before a memorial service will be held for family and close friends to the artist. The public ceremony was watched live by over 2,500 million people worldwide