MICHAEL JACKSON 1958-2009 LIFE OF A LEGEND

Michael Jackson was one of those rare human beings who can truly bedescribed as a legend. As with Elvis and John Lennon, everyone willremember where they were when they heard about the death of MichaelJackson. He was just fifty when he died, yet had become a superstar by thetime he was eleven, ensuring his music was part of the fabric of everyone'slife. Though his days of greatest success were behind him, Jackson wasstanding on the threshold of what could well have been one of the biggestcomebacks in showbiz history. It wasn't to be, but the music, salesfigures and the number of current stars who queued to pay tribute to hisinfluence underlined the fact that, for all his controversial personalquirks, Michael Jackson was indeed one of the greats. Thispicture-packed tribute charts the life of a legend, from his earliest daysas a hyperactive child protege fronting family group the Jackson Five, tothe assured superstar looking out from the cover of Thriller, still thebest-selling album of all time. It analyses the magical stage moves likethe Moonwalk that made him a sensational live act, celebrates theintoxicating music that made him the King of Pop and follows his liferight through to the comeback that was to be cruelly cut short before thecurtain could rise. MICHAEL JACKSON 1958 2009: LIFE OF A LEGEND tellsthe larger-than-life story of a unique character whose musical legacy willnever die.