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No matter what you do, give it everything you have. Be the best, not the second best.

Michael Jackson

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Michael Jackson
Age: 50 †
Born: 1958
Born: August 29
Died: 2009
Died: June 25
Actor
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Dancer
Entrepreneur
Film Actor
Film Director
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MJ
The King of Pop
Michael Joe Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson
M.J.
M. J.
King of Pop
King of Music
The King
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