1970. The Jackson 5 in happier days: (foreground) Michael Jackson, Marlon Jackson (behind Michael), (background, from left) Jermaine Jackson, Jackie Jackson, and Tito Jackson.
1979. Michael and Brooke Shields on a date. Yes, a date.
Photograph by Brad Elterman/Online USA/Getty.
MJ looking fine at the opening of Dream Girls.
Photograph by Frank Edwards/Fotos International/Archive Photos.
Getting bad in Detroit, 1984.
Photograph by Pauline Lubens/ KRT.
1984. President Ronald Reagan honors Jackson for the outstanding example he set for the youth of America and the world, while Nancy applauds.
Photograph courtesy Ronald Reagan Library/Zuma Press.
1993. MJ looking continental.
Photograph by KRT.
1993. On tour in Singapore. Is that a gold lamé thong?
Photograph by Roslan Rahman/Agence France-Presse.
1995. Giving new meaning to the term "chiseled features."
Photograph by Andrew Shawaf/Online USA.
1995. Wedded bliss: MJ and wife Lisa Marie Presley among young guests at Jackson's Neverland Ranch. Presley filed for divorce 9 months later.
Photograph by Jim Ruymen/UPI Photo Service.
1996. Larger than life: In preparation for his "History" tour, a 10-meter-high statue of Michael Jackson was erected in Prague, where a monument to Joseph Stalin once stood.
Photograph by Tomas Turek/Agence France Presse.
MJ at the 1997 American Music Awards.
Photograph by Pamela Price/Zuma Press.
Budapest, 1998. MJ does his C-3PO impersonation.
Photograph by Agence France-Presse.
1999. Too much surgery? Michael's looks take a nosedive.
Photograph by Becker/Bredel/Action Press/Zuma Press.
2000. The King of Pop has begun to look like an alien.
Photograph by George De Sota/Newsmakers/Getty.
Snub-nosed Michael arrives at the Oxford University Union to give a lecture and launch the "Heal the Kids" child welfare program in 2001.
Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press/Newsmakers.
2002. Don't look. Really. You'll be sorry you did.
Photograph by Agence France-Presse.
Mugging for the sheriff in 2003.
Photograph by Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office via Getty Images.
A windblown Michael leaves the courthouse, April 2005.
Photograph by Justin Sullivan/AFP/Getty Images.
June 13, 2005: Acquitted of all charges. Enough already.
