Michael Jackson Birth Anniversary 2023: Life through pictures

Updated On: 28 August, 2023 10:50 PM IST | Tanmayi Savadi

Michael Jackson Birth Anniversary 2023: Known as the `King of Pop`, he has a journey that saw extreme success and traumatic hardships. After an abusive childhood, he emerged victorious in life with his countless achievements. Michael would have turned 65 years old on August 29. Here`s looking at his journey from childhood to performing on stage through pictures

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Michael Jackson had a tough childhood. He was abused at the hands of his father. The pop singer lived his life with the scars of childhood

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A picture of Michael and his siblings. He was the seventh child in a family of nine kids

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Michael made his acting debut with The Wiz in 1978. This picture was clicked at the premiere of the film

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Michael`s Thriller came out in 1983 and became one of the biggest-selling albums of all time

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Michael gave one of the most iconic dance moves to the world during the 1983 primetime special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

<p>Michael took home a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards - including Album of the Year for Thriller and Record of the Year for Beat It at the 1984 ceremony</p>

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Michael took home a record-breaking eight Grammy Awards - including Album of the Year for Thriller and Record of the Year for Beat It at the 1984 ceremony

<p>He met with an accident while shooting for Pepsi`s commercial and was treated for a third-degree burn and a palm-sized second-degree burn on the crown of his head. His hair was burnt during the same</p>

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He met with an accident while shooting for Pepsi`s commercial and was treated for a third-degree burn and a palm-sized second-degree burn on the crown of his head. His hair was burnt during the same

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Michael received his solo star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1984

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Reportedly in the `80s, Michael slept in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber with the hope to live to be 150 years old

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Michael was honoured with the Presidential Public Safety Commendation Award in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan

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Michael Jackson unveiled his statue at Madame Tussaud`s wax museum in London in 1985

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In 1986, he did the 3-D film Captain EO

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After the success of The Wiz, he released his fifth solo album, Off the Wall, in 1979

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Michael gave one of the most talked-about halftime performances of all time by taking over the stage at 1993`s Super Bowl XXVII

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Michael got married to Lisa Marie Presley in the Dominican Republic in 1994

<p>He got married once again. With dermatologist assistant Debbie Rowe, he welcomed Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. and Paris. Later, he had another child, Prince Michael Jackson II through artificial insemination</p>

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He got married once again. With dermatologist assistant Debbie Rowe, he welcomed Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. and Paris. Later, he had another child, Prince Michael Jackson II through artificial insemination

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In 2005, Michael Jackson was accused of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch estate in Los Olivos, California

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Michael Jackson was dragged to the court in the 2005 child molestation trial

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After being acquitted of child molestation charges, Michael kept himself away from the media

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After a while, when he was planning to make a comeback in 2009, Michael reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away at the age of 50

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A photographer holds up the lights during a photo session by the Madh Island seashore. PIC/NIMESH DAVE

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