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Biography of Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness, later expanded and re-released as Michael Jackson: The Magic, The Madness, The Whole Story, 1958–2009, is a book by American biographer J.

Randy Taraborrelli, chronicling the life of American singer Michael Jackson.^[1][2] The book was originally released in May 1991 by Birch Lane/Carol Publishing Group,^[1] and an updated version was released in August 2009, shortly after Jackson's death, by Grand Central Publishing.^[3]

Summary

The book examines Jackson as well as his "contentious and litigious family" and the "consequences of great wealth and fame" on them.^[1] The author describes the family as "dysfunctional", and attributes many of Jackson's characteristics to his contentious relationship with his abusive father.^[2]

The updated version includes interviews with Lisa Marie Presley, who "reveal