Michael Jackson

### Distinctive Feature

Long black hair, Soft voice, Used to pair black shoes with white socks, Crotch grab, His sequined white glove,

### Occupation

Singer, Songwriter, Dancer, Actor, Record Producer, Businessman, Philanthropist

## About

The King of Pop who became the most successful singer in American history for releasing award-winning hits like "Billie Jean," "Beat It," "They Don't Care About Us" and "Smooth Criminal."

## Before Fame

He first rose to prominence at the age of six singing with the family group The Jackson 5 alongside his brothers Jermaine, Tito, Marlon and Jackie Jackson.

## Family Life

He got married to Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley, on May 26, 1994. After their divorce on January 18, 1996, he married Debbie Rowe on November 14, 1996. He had three children named Paris, Prince and Blanket.

## Dating History

1. **Maureen McCormick** (1973) – During her stint in the reality show, *I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!*, Maureen revealed that she was dating Michael Jackson in 1973. They used to hold hands but he never got to kiss her on the lips and used to do with only a peck on the cheek. They never broke up officially, she just started dating some other guy.
2. **Latonya Simmons** (1972) – It would be difficult to class Michael and Latonya Simmons’s equation as a relationship. After all, she had won a reality TV competition, *The Dating Game,* to become then 14 years old’s date. Simmons was 10 years old then and had to fend off competition from two other girls.
3. **Tatum O’Neal** – One of his first serious relationships was with actress Tatum O’Neal. They had become good friends while she was 12 and he was 17. Their relationship was never present in tabloids in the 70s. In a 1982 interview, he confirmed the fact that they had a serious relationship. He revealed that their busy schedules proved to be undoing of their relationship. In his 2003 documentary, Michael alleged that she had tried to seduce him at the beginning of their relationship. However, in her biography, she alleged that Michael had tried to make out with her when she was 12.
4. **Stephanie Anne Mills** – Jackson started dating Canadian actress Stephanie Anne Mills in the last 70s. They had first met on the sets of the movie, *The Wiz.* Shortly after, they officially started dating. They were together till the early 80s. She wanted to get married but he wasn’t prepared for any such thing.
5. **Diana Ross** – Starting from the late 70s, Michael had a very close relationship with actress and singer Diana Ross. They had first met on the sets of the musical movie, *The Whiz* in 1977. Although their close relationship was stated to be merely a deep relationship, some sources have asserted that they had romantic involvement at some point in time. They themselves had hinted at it in their interviews.
6. **Brooke Shields** – Michael first met actress and model Brooke Shields at the Academy Awards in 1981. In his 2001 interview, Jackson called her one of the loves of his life and they dated quite a lot. In his autobiographical book that was released in 1988, he revealed that they were in a serious relationship for only a short while. He also used to suggest that they should get married and raise adoptive children together.
7. **Tatiana Thumbtzen** – Tatiana Thumbtzen was cast in the video of Jackson’s song, *The Way You Make Me Feel.* She also joined him for a stage performance at the 1988 Grammy Awards. Plus, she performed with him at the Kansas City and New York City concerts during the second leg of his Bad Tour. He went on to kiss her on stage at the latter. However, he cut her off just after the end of the tour. Later, she would go on to claim that Michael had confessed to her mother that he liked her. She also claimed that everyone in his camp knew about his feeling about her. She felt that tour managers might have considered her a threat, which led to her dismissal.
8. **Shana Mangatal** – in 2016, Shana Mangatal released her book, *Michael and Me: The Untold Story of Michael Jackson’s Secret Romance,* in which she opened up about their secret on-and-off relationship. Michael started secretly dating her in 1990 when she was working as a receptionist for Gallin-Morey Associates in Los Angeles. Michael stopped meeting her after he got married to Lisa Marie Presley. He hooked up with her for a brief period of time after the end of his marriage.
9. **Whitney Houston** (1991) – Jackson reportedly had a short-lived affair with singer Whitney Houston in the early 90s according to his former bodyguard, Matt Fiddes.
10. **Lisa Marie Presley** (1992-2000) – Lisa was first introduced to Michael Jackson by her father Elvis Presley at MGM Grand in Nevada in 1974. At that time, Lisa was just 6 years old, whereas Michael was 14. Years later, they met at a dinner party hosted by a mutual friend and artist, Brett-Livingstone Strong. Their friendship began in December 1992. Lisa was married at that time. Eventually, they became close friends and she gave him emotional support after he was accused of child sexual abuse in 1993. As he got addicted to painkillers, she asked him to get in rehab and settle the case out of the court. In 1993, he proposed to her and they got married in the Dominican Republic in May 1994. Lisa got an official divorce from Danny Keough just 20 days before the wedding. They made their first public appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1994. Within a year of their marriage, they were having heated arguments with Lisa reported being annoyed by her husband’s childish antics. They separated in December 1995 after they had an argument in New York City hospital, where he was taken after collapsing during a concert rehearsal. A couple of months later, she filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences. Despite their divorce, she was spotted with Michael at various venues of his History World Tour in 1997. The same year, they were spotted holding hands in London. In February 1998, they were pictured outside Beverly Hills hotel on her birthday. She later revealed that they had an on and off relationship for 4 years after their divorce.
11. **Debbie Rowe** – Michael first met Debbie Rowe in the mid-1980s. She was working as an assistant for dermatologist Dr. Arnold Klein, who was treating Jackson’s vitiligo. Eventually, they became close friends and after Lisa refused to have children with him, she offered to bear his children. Michael’s wife Lisa didn’t know anything about Rowe as Michael has kept her a secret. It was only after an argument regarding having children, Michael told Lisa about her, saying that he has a friend who can have his children, so she needn’t bother. Shortly after his divorce from Lisa, Debbie got pregnant but in March 1996, she suffered a miscarriage. In October 1996, the leading tabloids reported that Debbie was again pregnant. She was artificially impregnated with his sperm cells. On being urged by his mother, Jackson got married to Rowe in November 1996 in a small ceremony in Sydney. In February 1997, she gave birth to a son, Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr. In November 1997, she was pregnant with his second child, a girl who was named Paris, in honor of the city, she was conceived in by her parents. She was born in April 1998. Meanwhile, Rowe had got uncomfortable with her arrangement with Michael and asked for a divorce. As part of the divorce settlement, Michael received full custody rights and she got $10 million in the settlement. She was given an immediate payment of $1.5 million.
12. **Grace Rwaramba** (2002-2009) – He was in a relationship with Grace Rwaramba from 2002 to June 2009.