Moonwalk

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Moonwalk
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• "I've been in the entertainment industry since I
  was 6 years old, and as Charles Dickens would
  say, 'It's been the best of times, the worst of
  times.' But I would not change my career ...
  While some have made deliberate attempts to hurt
  me, I take it in stride because I have a loving
  family, a strong faith and wonderful friends and
  fans who have, and continue, to support me.
• (Michael Jackson)

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Michael Jackson

• Born in 1958 Gary, Indiana
• The eight child of the Jackson family
• His father, Joseph Walter Joe Jackson -
   performed with an RB band called The Falcons
• 1964 joined the Jackson Brothers a band
  formed by brothers -gt The Jackson

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Michael Jackson

• 1979 Broke his nose during a complex dance
  routine -gt two rhinoplasty
• 1980 won 3 awards at the American Music
  Awards, a Billboard Year - End for Top Black
  Artist and a Grammy Award
• May 16, 1983 Debuted his signature dance move,
  the moonwalk
• January 27, 1984 Pyrotechnics accidentally set
  his hair on fire -gt second degree burns to his
  scalp
• May 14, 1984 Receive an award in the White House

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Michael Jackson

• 1984 7 Grammys and 8 American Music Awards
• 1986 We Are the World won 4 Grammys
• 1986 diagnosed with vitiligo and lupus
• March, 1988 Neverland Ranch -gt till 2006
• 1992 founded the Heal The World Foundation
• Summer of 1993 was accused of child sexual
  abuse
• May, 1994 married Lisa Marie Presley -gt less
  than 2 years

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Michael Jackson

• Deborah Jeanne Rowe his wife until 1999 they
  have a son and a daughter
• 2002 won his 22nd American Music Award his
  third child was born
• November, 2003 was arrested child molestation
• June 25, 2009 died after suffering cardiac
  arrest

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Works

• 10 solo albums
• 9 roles in films
• 4 tours
• 4 books
• Moonwalk (1988)
• Moonwalker The Storybook (1988)
• Dancing the Dream (1992)
• My World The Official Photobook (2006)

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Moonwalker - The Storybook

• A  children's story based on the short film
  'Smooth Criminal' (from the film Moonwalker)
• Includes over 50 full color photos from the short
  film 'Smooth Criminal'

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Dancing the Dream

• Contains 28 essays and reflections, 17 poems, 84
  color and black and white photographs, and 20
  pieces of other artists artwork
• He writes on topics such as creating his dance
  and music, children, religion, life, love, and
  autobiographical reflections

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Dancing the Dream

• When I step out on stage in front of thousands
  of people, I don't feel that I'm being brave. It
  can take much more courage to express true
  feelings to one person. ... In spite of the
  risks, the courage to be honest and intimate
  opens the way to self-discovery. It offers what
  we all want, the promise of love.
• A star can never die. It just turns into a smile
  and melts back into the cosmic music, the dance
  of life.

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My World The Official Photobook

• Insight into the world of Michael Jackson through
  some of his private photos and thoughts
• Includes copies of his hand written lyrics to
  some of his biggest hits from the 1980's and 90's

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Moonwalk

• The title was derived from Michael Jackson's
  signature dance move, the moonwalk presents the
  illusion that the dancer is stepping forward
  while actually moving backward
• was prepared for publication in secret -gt was
  given the code name Neil Armstrong, after the
  first moonwalker
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis edited the book and
  wrote a three paragraph introduction

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Moonwalk

• Dedicated to Fred Astaire
• Discusses his show business friends, girlfriends
  and his rise to fame
• His appaerance and thoughts on plastic surgery
• Tells of the beatings he received from his father

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Moonwalk

• We look high and low for God, but somehow He's
  not there. So we blame Him and tell ourselves
  that He must have forgotten us. Or else we decide
  that He left us long ago, if He was ever
  around.""How strange," the little fish said, "to
  miss what is everywhere.""Very strange," the old
  whale agreed. "Doesn't it remind you of fish who
  say they're thirsty?

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