Source: The Associated Press

Thread of pain ran through Jackson's career

Photographers line up in front of the Jackson family residence, Friday, June 26, 2009, in the Encino section of Los Angeles. Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday. He was 50. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Published 6/27/09 by


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