A victim of many things; health induced or media induced

1982 produces Thriller album, largest selling all time, sells over 50 million copies worldwide; 1984 won 8 Grammy awards for it.

1983 performs legendary moonwalk for the first time on the Motown 25 years anniversary show.

12/9/84 announces at The Jackson's Victory Tour, he was splitting from The Jacksons and going solo

1987 releases Bad, his third solo album, and lauches a record breaking solo world tour.

Late 1980s named Artist Of The Decade for his Thriller and Bad albums

1991 signs with Sony Music, largest ever recording contract; releases his fourth solo album, Dangerous

1992 tours the world; taking his concerts to countries to which he was the first rock/pop artist they saw.

Later that year founded Heal the World Foundation to help globally improve the lives of children across.

1994 marries Lisa Marie Presley; divorces 1996

1995 releases fifth solo album HIStory; tours again over 2 years.

During that tour 11/14/96 marries Debbie Rowe; a nurse he met in the treatment of his skin pigment disorder.

2/13/97 fathers Prince Michael Joseph Jackson Jr.

1997 releases remix album Blood On The Dance Floor

5/3/98 fathers Paris Michael Katherine Jackson

September 2001 celebrates 30th anniversary as a solo artist at two concerts to be held in New York, USA, reuniting with siblings to perform their biggest hits.

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods