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Medium shot, Michael Jackson Associated Press Television New York, 25 June 2009 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Alicia...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eNo re-use/re-sale of film/video/performance clips without clearance\u003cbr/\u003eAssociated Press Television - File \u003cbr/\u003eDateline Unknown \u003cbr/\u003e1. Medium shot, Michael Jackson \u003cbr/\u003eAssociated Press Television \u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 25 June 2009 \u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) Alicia Quarles, Entertainment Editor, Associated Press:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Michael Jackson's legacy is obviously going to be his great musical impact, but it's alos going to be the fact that his life was shrouded in a lot of controversy.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Images \u003cbr/\u003eEncino, California 1972\u003cbr/\u003e3. Michael Jackson at age 13\u003cbr/\u003eAP Images \u003cbr/\u003eLocation unknown, July 1984 \u003cbr/\u003e4. Michael Jackson's father, Joe Jackson  \u003cbr/\u003eAssociated Press Television \u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 25 June 2009 \u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Alicia Quarles, Entertainment Editor, Associated Press:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Michael Jackson's childhood was controversial. His father was the one who put together the Jackson Five and if you watch biographies about their lives and read books about their lives, he was the one that really drove the family and he was that one that in fact made the brothers and sisters kind of alienate the family when they got older.\"  \u003cbr/\u003eAssociated Press Television - File \u003cbr/\u003eJapan, 4 March 2007\u003cbr/\u003e6. Various shots of Michael Jackson greeted by fans in Japan \u003cbr/\u003eAP Images \u003cbr/\u003eEncino, California 1972\u003cbr/\u003e7. Michael Jackson at age 13\u003cbr/\u003eAssociated Press Television \u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 25 June 2009 \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Alicia Quarles, Entertainment Editor, Associated Press:\u003cbr/\u003e\"America feel in love with Michael Jackson as a cute, little brown-skinned bow with a huge afro and a cute smile. As a man he  looked like a different person. He had almost white skin, very different nose, long straight hair. Despite that transformation, Michael Jackson claimed that he didn't have a lot of plastic surgery.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Images \u003cbr/\u003eDateline unknown \u003cbr/\u003e9. Various headshots of Michael Jackson through the years\u003cbr/\u003eAssociated Press Television \u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 25 June 2009 \u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Alicia Quarles, Entertainment Editor, Associated Press:\u003cbr/\u003e\"One of Michael Jackson's most shocking moments was definitely his marriage to Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Presley's daughter. People could not believe that these two are together. She after they divorced went on Oprah and said that she actually loved Michael Jackson. It just didn't work out.\" \u003cbr/\u003eAP Images \u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 8 Sept., 1994 \u003cbr/\u003e11. Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley at the MTV Music Video Awards \u003cbr/\u003e12. Michael Jackson kisses Lisa Marie Presley at the MTV Music Video Awards\u003cbr/\u003eAssociated Press Television \u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 25 June 2009 \u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Alicia Quarles, Entertainment Editor, Associated Press:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Michael Jackson never denied the fact that he loved children. He had a couple kids of his own, but his own career had a lot of controversy over the fact that he was confused but never convicted of molestation a couple of times.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAssociated Press Television - File \u003cbr/\u003eSanta Maria, CA, 10 March 2005\u003cbr/\u003e14. Michael Jackson arrives at courthouse with pajamas on during child molestation case 15. Michael Jackson enters courthouse \u003cbr/\u003eAssociated Press Television \u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 25 June 2009 \u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English) Alicia Quarles, Entertainment Editor, Associated Press:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Speaking of children you cannot forget that famous video of Michael Jackson dangling his baby over the edge of a hotel in Europe. Now he says that he didn't think it was controversial. He just wanted his fans to see his baby. Child advocacy groups said it was downright dangerous.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Images \u003cbr/\u003eBerlin, Germany, 21 November 2002 \u003cbr/\u003e17. Michael Jackson holds his daughter as he stands near his hotel balcony \u003cbr/\u003eAssociated Press Television \u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 25 June 2009 \u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE (English) Alicia Quarles, Entertainment Editor, Associated Press:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's interesting that Michael Jackson started off his career so successfully. He of course had all this controversy, this mystery surrounding him. But it seemed that his life was on an upturn. He was slated to start a tour. He had recently given a press conference. So his death is just shocking to his fans and the media world alike.\"\u003cbr/\u003ePool\u003cbr/\u003eLondon, 5 March 2009\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Jackson, pop star: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I just want to say that these, these will be my final show performances in London. This will be it, and when is say this it really means this is it because (laughs).\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Pan of crowd\u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of Jackson on stage\u003cbr/\u003eA source says that Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the \"King of Pop\" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, has died at age 50.\u003cbr/\u003eA person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press that Jackson died Thursday in a Los Angeles hospital. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.\u003cbr/\u003eThe circumstances of his death were not immediately clear. Capt. 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