MICHAEL JACKSON: THE MAGIC AND THE MADNESS. J. Randy Taraborrelli. Birch Lane Press. 625 pages. $21.95. There are really only two kinds of pop-star biography. One is diligent and scholarly, using p… ...

Michael Joseph Jackson was born in Gary, Ind., on Aug. 29, 1958. Michael was the fifth son born to steelworker Joe Jackson, who quickly started organizing his sons into a singing group he dubbed ...

Michael Jackson biography: "MJ" makes huge topic approachable. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) ...

A Montreal publisher has incredible timing -- its unauthorized biography of Michael Jackson had just gone to the printer on June 24, the day before the pop singer's unexpected death.

Now, the stories you haven’t heard and the Michael Jackson you don’t know. Correspondent Josh Mankiewicz has this “Dateline” exclusive. ... who wrote a biography of Michael Jackson.

A Montreal publisher has incredible timing -- its unauthorized biography of Michael Jackson had just gone to the printer on June 24, the day before the pop singer’s unexpected death.

It turns out Michael Jackson and Prince had a major rivalry, and other things we learned from the new biography MJ.

Journalist Leon Neyfakh and hip-hop commentator Jay Smooth explore Jackson's staying power despite allegations of child sexual abuse. They call the series a "social history" rather than a biography.

The seventh anniversary of Michael Jackson's death is Saturday, and for his family and fans, it could have been a time for happy reminiscences about his life and career. Not anymore. New ...

Pop icon Michael Jackson's trainer, Lou Ferrigno, said the singer was in good condition before his death at age 50. Jackson had a history of drug addiction and other health problems, which have ...

Anyone who has written a biography of a dead person, and I’ve written a few, ... Harvey Weinstein and, yes, Michael Jackson were able to perpetrate their abuse for decades.

More Michael Jackson coverage. SHANGHAI — Two Chinese writers worked for 48 consecutive hours to produce an “instant” biography of Michael Jackson, despite having never met him, a state-run ...