As news of the 50-year-old pop superstar's demise spread around the world, there were tears, shock and surprise: a hero was dead. This fully illustrated biography of the international superstar tells the life and death of Michael Jackson in words and pictures. One of the greatest pop music icons the world has ever seen, Michael Jackson had millions of fans all around the world and had an undeniable influence upon fashion, music and popular culture. Features: Never-before-published photographs from the set of Thriller by hugely famous celebrity photographer Douglas Kirkland - Photos by some of the greatest music photographers in the business, including Lynn Goldsmith, Kevin Mazur, Neal Preston, Laura Levine and Steve Schapiro - Family photographs of Michael, Debbie Rowe and their two children that have never before been published in book form.