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Michael Jackson, or more popularly known as "The King of Pop", surprised and shocked the world with his death at such a young age. He was born on August 26, 1958 and was the youngest of the 7 children. Michael Jackson launched his career as young as 11 years old, as part of the Jackson 5, together with his brothers. He debut as a solo artist in 1971. Michael Jackson was the first African-American to gather together a strong crossover following on MTV with his songs "Beat It", "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" which transformed music videos into art, particularly by introducing and popularizing physically complicated dance techniques like the robot and the moonwalk. The King of Pop's music has become so popular that some of his albums were included in the top world selling records, the "Off the Wall" (1979), "Thriller" (1982), "Bad" (1987), "Dangerous" (1191) and "History" (1995).

Prior to his death, Michael Jackson has been renting a Bel Air home which costs $100,000 per month and was described as a chateau estate with 7 bedrooms, 13 bathrooms, 12 fireplaces and a theater. This estate is said to be just a 6-minute drive from the UCLA Medical Center, where he was brought and died of cardiac arrest. The King of Pop rented this posh place in Los Angeles to rehearse for a series of 50 sold-out shows in London's 02 Arena, for his career rebirth. Unfortunately, due to the untimely demise of one of the music industry's foundation, the world will fail to see him perform even for the last time.

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