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Michael Jackson, a man, an artist of contradictions

Michael Jackson always was a bundle of contradictions.

Painfully shy in person, the man behind "Thriller," the biggest-selling album in history, was a legendary dynamo in front of a crowd, raising the spectacle of pop concerts to a new level. Known for a lengthy string of upbeat pop hits both by himself on "Thriller" and with his brothers in the Jackson 5, he seemed increasingly sad and troubled...

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