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Jackson redefined the music video into an art form with examples that include "Thriller", "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Bad", "Black or White", "Remember The Time", "Scream" and "Earthsong". He has released the most popular music video of all time ("Thriller") and the most expensive music video of all time ("Scream"), which also received critical acclaim.     

Jackson redefined the music video into an art form with examples that include "Thriller", "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Bad", "Black or White", "Remember The Time", "Scream" and "Earthsong". He has released the most popular music video of all time ("Thriller") and the most expensive music video of all time ("Scream"), which also received critical acclaim.     

He was badly burned while filming a [[Pepsi]] commercial in 1983.  His 1994 marriage to [[Lisa Marie Presley]] ended in divorce less than two years later. Jackson then married nurse Deborah Rowe in 1996. Rowe gave birth to two children, and the couple were divorced in 1999. Jackson adopted a third child in 2002.  Using money earned from his record sales Jackson built his private ranch known as [[Neverland]]. He was twice accused of child molestation; in 1994 he settled out of court, paying his accuser an undisclosed amount, and in 2005 was acquitted (found not guilty) of the charges at his jury trial. Jackson returned to music in 2008 with a special edition of his "Thriller" album called "Thriller25". The reissue was successful selling 650,000 copies in two weeks.  

He was badly burned while filming a [[Pepsi]] commercial in 1983.  His 1994 marriage to [[Lisa Marie Presley]] ended in divorce less than two years later. Jackson then married nurse Deborah Rowe in 1996. Rowe gave birth to two children, and the couple were divorced in 1999. Jackson adopted a third child in 2002.  Using money earned from his record sales Jackson built his private ranch known as [[Neverland]]. He was twice accused of child molestation; in 1994 he settled out of court, paying his accuser an undisclosed amount, and in 2005 was acquitted (found not guilty) of the charges at his jury trial.<ref>[http://frontpagemag.com/2013/ben-shapiro/how-michael-jackson-got-away-with-it/ How Michael Jackson Got Away With It at FrontPageMag]</ref> Jackson returned to music in 2008 with a special edition of his "Thriller" album called "Thriller25". The reissue was successful selling 650,000 copies in two weeks.

 

==Death==

==Death==

Michael Jackson died June 25, 2009 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] by cause of heart failure. He died serveral days before he was supposed to go back on tour for his ''This is It!'' series of concerts in [[London]]. He died with nearly $500 million in debts.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE55P0Q520090626  Michael Jackson leaves hefty debts] Reuters, June 26, 2009</ref>

Michael Jackson died June 25, 2009 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] by cause of heart failure. He died serveral days before he was supposed to go back on tour for his ''This is It!'' series of concerts in [[London]]. He died with nearly $500 million in debts.<ref>[http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE55P0Q520090626  Michael Jackson leaves hefty debts] Reuters, June 26, 2009</ref>