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Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor. Called the King of Pop, his contributions to music, dance and fashion along with his publicized personal life made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.

Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958. He was the eighth of ten children in a working class AfricanAmerican family living in a twobedroom house on Jackson Street in Gary, Indiana, an industrial city and a part of the Chicago metropolitan area. His mother, Katherine Esther Scruse, was a devout Jehovahs Witness. She played clarinet and piano and once aspired to be a countryandwestern performer, but worked parttime at Sears to support the family. Michaels father, Joseph Walter Joe Jackson, a former boxer, was a steelworker at U.S. Steel. Joe also performed on guitar with a local rhythm and blues band, the Falcons, to supplement the familys household income. Michael grew up with three sisters and five brothers . A sixth brother, Marlons twin Brandon, died shortly after birth.

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