* 1958 – Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor ( The Jackson 5 ) ( d. 2009 )

However, with the exception of the Grammy Award-winning " Nightshift " (# 3 in the U. S., a tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson ; in 2010 a new version was recorded dedicated to Michael Jackson ), the band never achieved the same level of success it had enjoyed with Richie.

* On 3 April 2011, Fulham unveiled a statue of Michael Jackson inside the stadium before its match with Blackpool.

The Jacksons ( previously The Jackson 5 ) did many disco songs from 1975 to 1980, including " Shake Your Body ( Down to the Ground )" ( 1978 ), " Blame it on the Boogie " ( 1978 ), and " Can You Feel It " ( 1980 )— all sung by Michael Jackson, whose 1979 solo album, Off the Wall, included several disco hits, including the album's title song, " Rock with You ", " Workin ' Day and Night ", and his second chart-topping solo hit in the disco genre, " Don't Stop ' til You Get Enough ".

Of the handful of groups not taken down by disco's fall from favor, The Jacksons — and Michael Jackson in particular — stand out: In spite of having helped define the disco sound early on, they continued to make popular and danceable, if more refined, songs for yet another generation of music fans in the 1980s and beyond.

After the sudden death of Michael Jackson, whom Parton knew personally, she released a video in which she somberly told of her feelings on Jackson and his death.

The next year, along with producer George Lucas, he was able to indulge himself by making Captain EO ( 1985 ), a 12-minute space fantasy for Disney theme parks starring pop superstar Michael Jackson.

Radio stations nationwide began to play hits by artists like TKA, Sweet Sensation, Exposé and Sa-Fire on the same playlists as Michael Jackson and Madonna.

The FBI has generated files on numerous celebrities including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, John Denver, John Lennon, Jane Fonda, Groucho Marx, Charlie Chaplin, MC5, Lou Costello, Sonny Bono, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Mickey Mantle, and Gene Autry.

In 2005 Coleman appeared in WWE Superstar John Cena's music video for his single Bad, Bad Man ( from the album You Can't See Me ), Coleman played the part of himself as a bad guy taking the 1980s pop stars Madonna and Michael Jackson hostage.

In 2001 Gaynor performed " I Will Survive " at the 30th Anniversary Concert for Michael Jackson.

's as well as vocalists such as Edwin Starr, David Ruffin and Dennis Edwards from The Temptations, and Michael Jackson, who, throughout his career, cited Brown as his ultimate idol.

* 2005 – A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.

* 1984 – Pop singer Michael Jackson suffers second degree burns to his scalp during the filming of a Pepsi commercial in the Shrine Auditorium.

* Michael Jackson, known as " The King Of Pop "

He has also been voiced in animation by Jackson Beck in the 1960s series The New Adventures of Superman, Stan Jones in the 1970s / 1980s Super Friends franchise, Michael Bell in the 1988 Superman animated series, and by Clancy Brown in the 1990s / 2000s DC animated universe, as well as a 2007 episode of The Batman and the 2009 direct-to-DVD animated feature Superman / Batman: Public Enemies, among others.

Ferrigno trained Michael Jackson on and off since the early 1990s, and in 2009, he helped Jackson get into shape for a planned series of concerts in London.

He protected well-known personalities such as Muhammad Ali, Steve McQueen, Michael Jackson, Leon Spinks, Joe Frazier and Diana Ross, charging $ 3, 000 per day, to a maximum of $ 10, 000 per day, depending on the clientele's risk-rate and traveling locations.

The National Stadium also hosted many music concerts including Michael Jackson, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones and U2.

The actor was a longtime close friend of entertainer Michael Jackson and paid regular visits to his Neverland Ranch, resting there for weeks at a time.

A statue of Michael Jackson was unveiled by Al-Fayed in April 2011 at Fulham's Craven Cottage stadium.

There is a Bronze statue of Gráinne Ní Mháille by the artist Michael Cooper-the Marquess of Sligo's brother-in-law-situated on the grounds of Westport House.

* Michael Lahanas, " The colossal Zeus statue of Pheidias "

The interior of the upper reading-room houses a six foot marble statue of John Radcliffe, carved by John Michael Rysbrack.

It is capped by a 7-metre bronze statue of Sochi's patron saint, Michael the Archangel.

After the death of Michael Jackson, Al-Fayed announced that they had already been discussing plans to build a memorial statue of the singer.

The statue of Michael Jackson was created, but will now be placed at Craven Cottage football ground following the sale of Harrods.

In 1536 Montelupo also created a marble statue of Saint Michael holding his sword after the 590 plague ( as described above ) to surmount the Castel.

A monumental statue of Michael Collins by local artist Kevin Holland was erected in the centre of Clonakilty and dedicated in 2002.

* The Spirit ( statue ), a statue of Michael Jordan outside Chicago's United Center

Frémiet also executed the statue of St Michael for the summit of the spire of the Eglise St Michel, and the equestrian statue of Velasquez for the Jardin de l ' Infante at the Louvre.

Built about the year 1300, its present shape is the result of baroque reconstructions in 1758, when the statue of St. Michael and the Dragon was placed on its top.

It was at this last reconstruction that a statue of St. Michael was placed atop the tower.

Raymond Kaskey, Greg Pettengill and Michael LaSalle built sections of the statue in one of the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D. C., and shipped the parts to Portland by ship.

An F-15 Eagle displayed on a pedestal in front of the EIA headquarters across the highway from the museum and a bronze statue on the pathway between the aviation and space museum are in memory of Captain Michael K. Smith.

A statue in honour of Adams is located in front of Government Headquarters at Bay Street, St. Michael.

The statue was sculpted by Michael Soles.

This statue is shown in Godfather II as Michael Corleone travels to Miami to visit Hyman Roth.

The east side of the stadium features statues of Michael Jordan ( known as " The Spirit "), Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita, while a statue of various Blackhawks sits to the north on Madison Street, where the Chicago Stadium was located.

There is a bronze statue of Ní Mháille by the artist Michael Cooper situated on the grounds of Westport House.

The leader of the rebellion Michael An Gof ( the " smith " in Cornish ) was a blacksmith from St Keverne and is commemorated by a statue in the village.