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11：可怕的一天
迈克尔杰克逊在为百事拍摄广告，他的头发起火了，但他和他的兄弟仍然在尽情表演


A scary day
Michael Jackson, background, is seen with his hair on fire during a taping of a Pepsi TV commercial in Los Angeles on February 1984 as brother Jermaine Jackson, foreground, continues to perform, apparently unaware of the situation.

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12：迈克尔杰克逊的成功 Victory 巡回演唱会




Victory lap
Guitarist Eddie Van Halen, left, makes a July 1984 guest appearance during Michael Jackson's Victory Tour concert in Irving, Texas. Van Halen had recorded the now immortal guitar riff on "Beat It," to the displeasure of bandmate David Lee Roth, but to the delight of nearly everyone else.

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13：谁是坏孩子
迈克尔杰克逊的东京演唱会



Who's bad?
Michael Jackson and his dancers in concert during a 1987 Tokyo concert on Jackson's "Bad" tour. The previous year, he had starred in the 3-D film "Captain EO," one of the most expensive short films ever. But Jackson had begun to draw more criticism as his albums and videos grew costlier and more infrequent. His next album, "Dangerous," wouldn't arrive until 1991.

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14：艰难的一年
1993年迈克尔杰克逊以猥亵儿童罪被起诉


A difficult year
A cameraman photographs Michael Jackson and Oprah Winfrey in January 1993. This was the year Jackson was first accused of child molestation, and he took an opportunity on a 90-minute Oprah TV special to address the charges. The criminal allegations eventually were dropped, but Jackson reportedly paid as much as $25 million to settle the claims.

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14：迈克尔在美国超级碗橄榄球联赛上演出
“黑色或白色”和“记得当时， ”和“危险”的多张专辑大卖


Black and white at the Super Bowl
Michael Jackson gives a performance with 30,000 children during the Super Bowl XXVIII halftime show on Jan. 31, 1993, in Pasadena, Calif. Despite allegations against him, Jackson's career had regained momentum with hits such as "Black or White" and "Remember the Time," and the "Dangerous" album was a multiplatinum seller.

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15：迈克尔杰克逊和妻子丽莎玛丽普雷斯利



Power marriage
Michael Jackson and then wife Lisa Marie Presley are seen at Neverland Ranch in preparation of the Children's World Summit in April 1995. Presley would file for divorce less than a year later, prompting speculation about just what had inspired the relationship.

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16：金色男人
迈克尔杰克逊在名为“历史”世界巡回演唱会舞台上表演，于1996年11月在新西兰奥克兰爱立信体育场举行。



Golden man
Michael Jackson performs on stage during is "HIStory" world tour concert at Ericsson Stadium in November 1996 in Auckland, New Zealand.

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17：迈克尔杰克逊的二婚
迈克尔杰克逊的第二段婚姻只维持了3年，看上去更多是为了给迈克尔杰克逊生育一个儿子


Marriage 2.0
Just months after his divorce from Lisa Marie, Michael Jackson walked down the aisle with Debbie Rowe. This wedding photo was released by Jackson's publicist minutes after the Nov. 13, 1996, ceremony in Sydney, Australia. But the pairing was less about romance and more about bearing Jackson a child, and the two would divorce three years later, with Rowe eventually ceding parental rights to Jackson.

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18：最好的朋友
伊丽莎白泰勒参加迈克尔杰克逊从艺30周年演唱会


Best of friends
Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor arrive at a Sept. 7, 2001, concert celebrating the 30 years of Jackson's career. The two stars had been longtime friends, and Taylor is godmother to two of Michael's children.

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19：不是不可战胜的
2001年11月，迈克尔杰克逊出现在纽约时代广场，第一次到音像店为他的专辑促销做宣传。



Not so invincible
Michael Jackson poses for photographers during a November 2001 appearance in New York's Times Square. Jackson made his first ever in-store appearance to promote his new album "Invincible," which was released Oct. 30. "Invincible," at the time the most expensive album ever produced, fared better with critics and fans than 1995's "HIStory," but questions began to surface about the future of Jackson's career.