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Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson


Background information
Birth name Michael Joseph Jackson
Born August 29, 1958
Born place Gary, Indiana, U.S.
Died June 25, 2009
Death place Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genre(s) New Jack Swing
Soul
R&B
Rock
Pop
Years active 1964—2009
Label(s) Epic Records
Legacy Recordings
Motown Records
Associated acts The Jackson 5
Website Website



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Jermaine: 'Stop Calling Michael Jackson Crazy Names'

July 22, 2009
Jermaine: 'Stop Calling Michael Jackson Crazy Names'Jermaine Jackson has called for people to stop calling his late brother Michael by “crazy names”.

In an interview on French television, Jermaine said the media needed to realise that his brother was “a human being” and “a father”.

"So to paint him to be this person that he's not it bothers me, it bothers my family, it bothers all of us,” Jermaine said.

The singer's often eccentric behaviour led media outlets to give him a number of pseudonyms, including “wacko”.

But Jermaine, who broke down in tears during the interview, said his brother's charity work meant he should be given more respect.

"Leave him alone, stop the crazy names that they call him, what more do you have to do to make people realise he's a human being,” he said.

"His daughter said it all: 'My daddy.' He was a human being, he was a person, he was a father, he was an uncle, he was a brother, he was a son, and they need to leave him alone."

Meanwhile, Jermaine also claimed during the interview that he had never seen his brother display “any different, absurd behaviour” which would lead him to suspect the star was taking drugs.

"So to say these things, I don't know, I've never seen these things, so I would say 'no',” he added.

Focus has shifted onto Michael's alleged addiction to prescription painkillers since his death last month.

(by Jason Gregory)



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