Michael Jackson:Facts and Controversies

Michael is the only artist to have a hit in the Top 10 in each of five decades in the Billboard Charts.But he returned to rags after spending money in defending himself in the various lawsuits against him in recent years. Jackson faced financial problems in 2006 after the closure of the main house on the Neverland Ranch as a cost-cutting measure. Jackson’s home “Neverland” contained, among other things, a zoo and a theme park, with a Ferris wheel, merry-go-round, zipper, spider, sea dragon, wave swinger, super slide, dragon wagon kiddie roller coaster, and bumper cars. It is named after Neverland, the fantasy island in the story of Peter Pan, where children never grow up.