In one of the biggest shockers of the year, The King of POP, Michael Jackson has died due to Cardiac Arrest.
The pop star who turned 50 last year had been admitted to a hospital in a state of coma, after he collapsed at his home in Los Angeles. CNN later confirmed his death, putting fans around the world in a state of shock.
We at Indicine cover the entire story as it unfolds, read on..
Michael Jackson, born on August 29th 1958, was the 7th child of the Jackson family who made his debut in the music scene at the age of 11 with his brothers, as the member of the Jackson 5. At the age of 13, he made his solo debut with “Got to be There”. Then on, there was no looking back for the pop star, who was fondly called “The King of Pop” by fans all over the world.
His biggest solo album was the Thriller in 1982 which remains, till this very day, the best selling album of all times selling over 108 million copies (rough estimate, could be much more). In comparison, the second highest selling album ever is Back in Black, selling just over 42 million copies!!
Other best-selling Michael Jackson albums include – HIStory in 1995, Dangerous in 1991, BAD in 1987 and Off the Wall in 1979.
Jackson also holds multiple Guinness World Records; which include the following
- Biggest Selling Album Of All Time (Thriller)
- Greatest Audience (133 million viewers watched Super Bowl XXVII on June 31st 1993)
- Great Entertainer of All Time
- Most Successful Concert Series (504,000 people watched him perform for seven nights at Wembley Stadium, London)
- Most Grammy Awards (8 in one year)
- Largest Contracts ($890 million with Sony Music)
- The Bad Tour brought in revenue exceeding $124 million during 1987-1988.
He WAS and IS the biggest entertainer of all times… Rest In Peace Michael Jackson, the world will miss you.
The Bollywood Film Industries reaction to the tragic news, coming up soon..
Update: Shahrukh Khan very recently said, he considered the music icon as the “ultimate star”..
Update: Mallika Sherawat has posted a tweet on twitter “R.I.P. MJ and FF :-(”
Update: Farah Khan “I have just landed here to meet Shahrukh Khan. I reached the hotel and got to know about the very sad news. It is still to sink in that he is no more. I had a won an award at the a awards ceremony and Michael Jackson was also getting an award for his humanitarian work. The organisers knew how crazy I was for him so they did take me backstage to meet him. I have a picture with him which I will cherish all my life. I told him that I am choreographer and its just because of him. I thought I would retire after I choreograph Michael Jackson”
Update: Gayathri Patel who made her debut in Lets Dance “When someone called me at 4 am this morning to tell me about it, for some time I just couldn’t understand what the person was talking. It was unbelievable. It took me a while to gather myself and realise that the Michael Jackson was no more. This is heart-breaking and a loss to performers worldwide. I was so excited to hear about his upcoming tour and now we’ll never get to see the legend sliding across the stage doing his classic moonwalk. In fact, there was a rumour that he’d invented a new moonwalk for the upcoming shows. Michael may not perform ever again, but his music, style and legacy will live on”
Update: AR Rahman on Jackson – I am shocked at the untimely passing away of Michael Jackson, one of the greatest musicians of our time. I am yet to find an artist with that energy, perfection and vision. I met him personally after the Oscars in Los Angeles and we vibed very well. He said that he loved India and the Indian people. He said he heard good things about me and he was praising the chord progression of Jai Ho’s chorus. He was bursting with energy and told me that every dance move he did, came from his soul and did a five second stunning example. It was like a lightning strike
He asked me to compose a unity anthem on the likes of We are the World for him. I nodded in awe! He introduced me to his three lovely kids. The kids told him “I love you dad” and he replied “I love you more” as a proud father. I wished him well for his concerts and he said “God Bless you”. After hearing the shocking news I wished it was another rumour which would fade away soon. It took me time to believe that he is no more. I hope all of us value people’s existence more and respect them when they are alive. LIFE IS SHORT! Artists and their art live for ever. Jai Ho, MJ! We love you for your music, regardless of all the controversies!
Post your tributes below
This is soo sad. Michael Jackson was such a nice guy his music entired the whole world!! Anyways I just pray that God keeps his soul in peace! WE LOVE U MICHAEL JACKSON!!!!!!!!!!!
We will miss you Michael Jackson!!!!!! :-(
Yep – This is sad. I grew up to his music, brings back lots of good memories. Too bad though that the last 15 years of his life was in such sambles. RIP Micheal………………We gonna miss ya.
Its a sad day indeed….my heart goes out to his beautiful kids i wish and pray for their long meaningful life.
may he rest in peace. he will always live on in his music.
I loved his voice in romantic and slow songs e.g. You’re not alone as well as Heal the World.
He was facing problems lately and was in a serious condition
People used to say that all the health problems he had because of the surgeries he did in the past, to turn his skin into white.
I was always surprised.. why did he do all this?!
The world lost now a great voice.. it’s sad.. Michael & Madona.. the most famous singers in the world
we all u luv u michael…….. at last michael is not wid us leaving his mysterious dancing steps n wonderful music…. we have lost a world’s greatest dancer n singer…
Sad, sad , sad
I was so shocked yestersay to loging on my computer and then saw on yahoo homepage that Michael was hospitalized and then few minutes later he was dead. I was and still shocked to know that he is dead.
you so will be missed MJ. RIP
I NOE IM SOOOOOO SADD REST IN PEACE WE ALL LOVE YOU MICHEAL JACKSONN
SHOCKING YAAR!!!
The best dancer and singer will always be missed.
We all love u!
Noooooooooooooooo !!!! someone tell me this isn’t true……please no, not michael jackson. the only living legend we have. what is going on ??? this is very bizarre………..please tell me this is all a bad dream………michael can’t vanish just like that……..please tell me this isn’t true.
Mickel Jackson was an innovative singer. His ‘Earth Song’ truely depicts his humanitarian values and love for mankind. I miss him.
sooo sad! i luved michael jackson so much!! i’ve met him and we talked for such a long time and his voice is now echoing around my ears! i felt so bad when i heard the newz!!! i will always miss u michael!!
Spiderman..no.. it’s not a bad dream.. it’s the truth.. he was just a humen, not a God! used to eat, drink, breath like us.. like we do and we never last for ever.. we all die one day.
Nothing will last on this earth.. but for me, I wish that as long as I live, I’d never hear that something would happen to Shahrukh.. I will die on the same day
May God Bless his soul.
May ALLAH bless his soul.R.I.P.M J
Shah Rukh Khan is fake, there is nothing real about him. He copies Don (Amitab Batchan) and calls himself Don? He copies Michael Jackson’s moonwalk in his dances and calls himself the King? Only dillusional fans like Fathiya can ever admire him. As for Michael Jackson, the greatest entertainer ever to live, and he was much more than that even though from a personal stand point he was a whacko, but noone caputred people’s imagination like he did. At some point or another everyone has tried to imitate his dance moves. 500 years from now people will still be trying to dance like him, and will still be remembered and deservingly so. That was his legacy, a true legand. I had the fortune to see him at Hollywood walk of fame last and will always remember that moment.
RIP the true King of entertainment.
I honestly think MJ fans loved him more than his own family – he died a very sad lonely man. No one will ever come close in our life time to MJ – The good part is …………..he is finally in peace….. No one to swindle him anymore. ……..and no one to defame him any longer. Sometimes just being an ordinary person is more enjoyable than having all the fame and money in the world. So people out there be happy for who u are…………….Chow
I don’t think MJ would’ve been any happier if he was just an ordinary person. It’s not the fame that made him paranoid, it’s the abuse that he recieved from his father as a kid. A common practice, that unfortunately still occurs.
So give me fame and money any day, and people can keep their ordinary lives. And deep down in all of our hearts, we all want fame and money………Peace
its the people arround micheal jackson who let him go …….let him go they will regret it throughout their lives
Vin – I dont think you know the real SRK!!!!! Stop being soo jealous and I’m happy the way SRK is understand!!!
Vin: The influence of West.. the influence of West.. the influence of west.. you say shahrukh is a fake?!! Don was a remake movie.. he got the script, and did it ( so he’s not copying Bigb).. as for MJ’s dance.. everyone in this world try to dance like him.. because they loved his dancing steps.. not only Shahrukh, most of actors do it in the movies from East to West.
Hahahahahahah.. let me ask u a question here: you and millions in this world loved MJ.. but what about his negative points?! Didn’t u notice anything?! or just because u loved him.. so u just ignored them?!! ( shahrukh never did any plastic surgeries, he’s natural, he’s a decent man, he didn’t harm anyone, he didn’t steal money from others, and entertained us all these years with some excellent movies) but what about your Michael Jackson dear Vin?!! Well he didn’t entertain me at all as I liked only very very few of his songs.. and there’re lots of things about him ( as he lived 2 years in our country Bahrain, runing away from his debts, hiding away, and came to Bahrain because he got a brother who’s muslim and who’s living in our country, and then ran away again, leaving behind some more debts!! let me just keep quiet and not say any more bad stuff about him as the man is dead now and I didn’t wish to say all this, but you mentioned Shahrukh and you’re comparing him with this lizard.. who’s name is Michael Jackson!! shame on you Vin.. you must be proud that you’ve in yr film industry someone like Shahrukh, not to be proud of someone who’s a celibrity but lived hsi life like a shit, was addicted to some drugs ( visit http://www.masala.com) and read about him.. the marks they found in his body of the injuctions he used to take.. hah.. where’s Shahrukh and where’s Michael!!
Believe it or not.. if MJ was indian, do you think you’d loved him.. respected him?! No. imagine Shahrukh Khan was the one who turned himself to a joker.. did 20 plastic surgeries to change his skin colour from black to white.. imagine he did the same thing MJ did to himself, wearing also lots of makeup on his face, and tried to fool ppl that he’s not black, and then had lots of problems, side affects after the sugeries.. if Shahrukh was the one who did all that.. what’d have been your reaction now?! I’ll answer it for you.. you’d hv laughed and laughed at him and made lots of jokes about his look and his personality.. made a fun of him till your stomach burst.
Just shut up Vin.. and never talk anything bad about Shahrukh.
Fathiya – I totally agree with you TOTALLY!!!!!!!!!! SRK is truly the king of bollywood and he will always be!!! I’m not saying that Michael Jackson is bad but SRK is totally way more better then him no one can beat SRK!! Yes maybe the population of Michael Jackson is more then the population of SRK but it still doesnt mean that SRKs comparability is to small then Michaels. Population doesnt count the heart inside the person does and so does the way they are!
Vin dont even try to say anything about Shahrukh because he is the best and just admit that!!
Michael should be happy the way how God created him not do plastic surgery and change his faces thousand times!!
Bejul, Learn how to speak English first before you post on the web. MJ, and SRK are not countries (even Fathiya would agree with me on that :) ) so how can they have population? End of convo you are dismissed.
Fatima, you have a very bad habit of repeating yourself as you’ve mentioned atleast 3-4 points over and over again in your debacle of a post. That tells me that there is a logical inability and capability to construct meaningful thoughts and dabate.
When you associate the term durgs with MJ’s name let me clarify to you what that means, because apparently your SRK love struck mind is oblivious of the world around, just like your icon, that you tune out the facts. And the reason for that is, when you hear the news in your (whatever) country you are in, you only hear the term durgs. The term drugs is a heteronym. Let me define that for you.
Hetronym: words that are spelled and sound the same but have different meanings.
Now the little brain of yours is probably confused and wondering, “how do you tell the difference then?”. And the answer is consider that context, which means “drugs” = “medications” if doctors, and perscription medication are in the context. In MJ’s case all “drugs” were “perscribed medications”. So the injection shots that were on MJ’s body were from “Oxycontent”, “Domorel”, and not from “Heroine” or “Cocaine”.
As for him getting surgries, he broke his nose during one of his practies, which affected his singing in a negative so he got a surgery. Surgery didn’t work out the way he wanted so he got more and the process continued unfortunately. As for him changing his skin color, are you stupid? How can a human being change their whole bodie’s skin color? MJ had Vitiligo and Lupus, which ae diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (integumentary system) causing a perosn’s skin to progressively change. That is why his skin changed over many years, not in one shot for reason of becoming white. He was a international superstar when he was black, and had no reason for a change.
As for SRK, he is a self proclaimed king of Hindi Movie Cinema. A narcist in the core of his heart who thinks he is Michael Jackson because a cult of idiots follow him and keep watching his movies over an over with the same genere, same acting and no creativity. You said “he got the script for Don”, what the hell does that mean? A dignified actor would say no, because there is only one Don in Hindi Film Cinema and that is Amitab Batchan. Period. Bar None. End of discussion. For arrogant patahteic actor to be able to think that he can take on the same role and some how out do AB is psycological disease fuled with ego. Unfortunately there are enough idiots to keep adding to that fuel.
With his smoking habits, SRK will soon get lung cancer and pass away and this world would be relieved of a terriable uncreative actor.
Vin
USA
Oh vin – u’r wasting your time – it won’t shink in. “The little brain” is only 12 years old. Chow Chow
Vin: I’m not a 12 years old who doesn’t know the difference between the drugs which doctos perscribe for the patients and the others.. heroine… etc.. and all the western stars – before they go on any stage to perform.. they take these kind of drugs. cocaine, etc..and MJ wasn’t different ( even some bollywood, Arab actors & other nationalities are addicted to drugs)
what I heard that he didn’t get this disease from God! it wasn’t his fate to have this illness.. but tried to get a fair skin so doctors injected him with some kind of a disease, a dangerous one, a dosage of it to turn his skin into white! – if that was true so he was a crazy guy for sure!! and it didn’t work for him, it ruined his body, his cells, and that’s the result when we never accept the way God created us! So his nose was completely gone and replaced with a plastic one, not only his nose.. even his fingers, he used to hide them by wearing “always” gloves.
This world is just crazy.. now if we love Shahrukh because Shahrukh is a special actor, different.. if we just compare the look of MJ & Shahrukh.. only their look.. who’s attractive the most?! Michael’s face was like a painting, a fake and had also a feminine look! therefore I had a doubt that he is gay!
Oh please Vin dont tell me what to say! English is my first language and I do know more English then you!
Meela, the English language does not have a word called “shink” in it! But thanks for telling my your age and the size of your brain, now I completely understand the reason for your incompetence.
Bejul, your ignorance makes me laugh hahaha. I have nothing to say to you (read my previous post) except that you should’ve picked a diff language as ur first, cuz this one isn’t working out all the well.
Fathiya, one of the most beautiful woman by the name of Lisa Presley (daughter of Elvis) also MJ’s ex-wife said MJ rocked in bed. So if you think he gay that obviously means you are informed of the facts, yet again, a point that I had established earlier. I don’t know about your country or culture but in US people do go to doctors to get injected with diseases. Name me one medication that can turn people into white. I’ve listed the drugs MJ was taking, but you are just talking from thin air. “some kind of disease”, and “dangerous one”, “dosage of it to turn his skin into white”. Gloves were his trademark, not to hide his hands, but to dance. It was part of his appeal. And then you “this world is crazy”, I think you live in this world too, so have a bit more self respect. This world has some psychiatrists if you have self esteem issues. If Michael is crazy, then what do you call a man (SRK) that copies him? Crazy wanna be? And you worship a crazy wanna be, what does that make you? Piece of advice don’t pick law your carrier, you wouldn’t be able to convince anyone of anything.
And why would you want to believe in a God that gives you diseases? I think religion makes people ignorant, you are the prime example.
Meela, the English language does not have a word called “shink” in it! But thanks for telling my your age and the size of your brain, now I completely understand the reason for your incompetence.
Bejul, your ignorance makes me laugh hahaha. I have nothing to say to you (read my previous post) except that you should’ve picked a diff language as ur first, cuz this one isn’t working out all the well.
Fathiya, one of the most beautiful woman by the name of Lisa Presley (daughter of Elvis) also MJ’s ex-wife said MJ rocked in bed. So if you think he gay that obviously means you are uninformed of the facts, yet again, a point that I had established earlier. I don’t know about your country or culture but in US people don’t go to doctors to get injected with diseases. Name me one medication that can turn people into white. I’ve listed the drugs MJ was taking, but you are just talking from thin air. “some kind of disease”, and “dangerous one”, “dosage of it to turn his skin into white”. Gloves were his trademark, not to hide his hands, but to dance. It was part of his appeal. And then you “this world is crazy”, I think you live in this world too, so have a bit more self respect. This world has some psychiatrists if you have self esteem issues. If Michael is crazy, then what do you call a man (SRK) that copies him? Crazy wanna be? And you worship a crazy wanna be, what does that make you? Piece of advice don’t pick law your carrier, you wouldn’t be able to convince anyone of anything.
And why would you want to believe in a God that gives you diseases? I think religion makes people ignorant, you are the prime example.
Vin – Stop being so mean! Im not ignoring anyone, okay so just shut up! I dont want to read your previous posts im not intrested!!!