Michael Jackson's Life in Photos

He was a true original. Take a look back at Michael Jackson's life.

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Michael Jackson—who at 13 was the youngest member of the Jackson Five singing group—displayed some of the cards and letters he received from fans at his home in the San Fernando Valley suburb of Encino, California, in 1972.

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