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 | | Monday, 5 March, 2001, 11:13 GMT A life in pictures: Michael Jackson Born in Gary, Indiana in 1958, Michael Jackson began performing at the age of four and spent the rest of his life as a public figure.  The Jackson 5 - Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael - were formed by their father Joe, a blues guitarist  Jackson went solo with the album Off The Wall, but it was Thriller, which sold over 40m copies, that made him a superstar  Michael Jackson's albums Bad and Dangerous sold millions but failed to capture the public's imagination like Thriller  Jackson wed Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis's daughter, in a secret ceremony in the Dominican Republic in 1994  Jackson is famous for his charity work, here he is seen with a burns victim at Budapest Children's Hospital  Jackson married Debbie Rowe in 1996, she is the mother of his two children Prince and Paris. The couple divorced in 1999 | |
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