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| NEW DELHI, INDIA: The appointment of Nandan Nilekani, the co-chairman of Infosys, as the chairperson of the Unique Identification Authority of India is significant, not only because it marks a departure from the traditional government way of working — of looking at bureaucrats and ex-bureaucrats to head projects of national importance, but also because it shows that the government has actually put out effort to hunt the right person for the job. "Such specific purpose identities were often found to have inherent limitations in accuracy and currency levels on account of low frequency of usage. Moreover, the multiplicity of such systems renders it impossible to correlate information across sectors and even across institutions within the same sector for providing better services to people. Similarly, different agencies of government are unable to correlate their data relating to any particular individual," it added. At that time, the UPA government had said that unique identity (UID) number of each individual would remain a permanent identifier right from birth to death of the individual. It would obviate the need for a person to produce multiple documentary proofs of his identity for availing of any government service, or private services like opening of a bank account, etc.
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Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson, who has died aged 50, was a precociously talented performer and songwriter whose childhood was blighted by the pressures of stardom, and who was in later life better known for his bizarre behaviour and allegations of sexual abuse against children
For legions of fans around the world, such grave suspicions meant little. Jackson styled himself "The King of Pop" and for them he was just that. An unrivalled catalogue of dancefloor-filling hits – from the joyous ABC to the infectiously basslined Beat It and the pastiche-horror anthem Thriller - seems certain to ensure that his musical legacy survives and thrives well beyond the memory of the legal proceedings that tainted his reputation and his life during its last years.
That his recorded and onstage achievements have been able to overwhelm the seriousness of the charges laid against him is possibly the greatest testament to his talent.
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Few could generate the hysteria that Jackson could. Whether propelled into a stadium arena from a trapdoor or exiting it via jetpack, screams of adulation – sometimes lasting minutes – were guaranteed. And that was without his even opening his mouth, or gyrating the hips and ankles that could propel him backwards (while apparently walking forwards) in a dance move with which he will ever be associated: The Moonwalk.
When the vocals did come, however, they hinted at the bizarre personal life that lay behind Jackson's musical career. Neither manly bass, hot funk nor steamy soul, his timbre was set apart from the vocal traditions of America's greatest black singers – from Marvin Gaye to James Brown. His boyhood treble endured, it seemed, well into adulthood. For much of his career that did not matter. The falsetto cries that greeted each new crotch-grabbing dance move seemingly referred to the classic eroticism that infused so much of that black music.
But as the years passed, the enduringly whispery, high-pitched voice carried with it the sombre suggestion that Jackson had failed to move on from his childhood years – and, indeed, was determined to remained rooted in a reassuringly pre-pubescent world. Whatever his musical reputation, it was clear that he sought the company of children in ways that most adults found, at best, distasteful and ill-advised, and at worst illegal and depraved.
Michael Jackson was born on August 29 1958 at Gary, Indiana. His father Joseph, a steelworker, had pursued a less than brilliant career as a musician and was determined that his children would succeed where he had failed. The young Michael showed amazing early promise, and from the age of four he would stand in front of his four older brothers as the lead singer of the family group, The Jackson 5.
After winning talent contests and becoming local celebrities, they were discovered by Gladys Knight, and were signed to Berry Gordy's Motown label. The subsequent move to Los Angeles meant separation from Jackson's beloved mother Katherine, a devout Jehovah's Witness, but Michael soon found a surrogate mother in Motown's biggest act, Diana Ross.
After a year of recording and grooming for stardom, The Jackson 5 released their first single, I Want You Back, in November 1969, which became a US chart-topper. Over the next seven years, The Jackson 5 released 13 albums and became huge stars, even having a cartoon series based on them. "Baby" Michael, the focal point of the band, endured a whirlwind of recording, touring, television appearances, and media attention.
The demands on him were not eased by Joseph, who took his role as manager to the band more seriously than that of father. He demanded a merciless work ethic, often resorting to taunts and even physical abuse to get the best out of his sons. Years later, Jackson was still tormented by the fact that Joseph "never told me he loved me". Always softly spoken, polite and reserved, he withdrew further into himself, only really coming to life when performing. Work was always Jackson's escape, and in this time he also released several solo albums and started writing his own songs.
In 1976, the family split with Motown and signed to Epic records under the name The Jacksons. After two lacklustre albums, it seemed as if their reign of success was over, but the brothers persuaded Epic to give them greater artistic control, and they made a triumphant return with the disco-inflected Destiny (1978).
The following year, as part of his bid to escape the confining clutches of his family, Jackson, now 21, moved to New York to appear as the scarecrow in The Wiz, an all-black film version of The Wizard of Oz, starring Diana Ross. He formed a bond with the film's musical director, Quincy Jones, and later that year, the pair worked together on Jackson's hugely successful Off The Wall (1979). It was on this album that Jackson's adult solo sound came to fruition, and he began to firmly eclipse his work with the Jacksons. He also found his form as a songwriter with the hit single Don't Stop (Til You get Enough). After another tour and album with his brothers, Jackson started work on what was to become Thriller (1982).
The album spent 37 weeks at the top of the US charts, spawned four US number one singles – including the self-penned Billy Jean, Gotta Be Startin' Somethin', and Beat It – and went on to sell 46 million copies, making it the most successful album of all time. The video for the album's title song, directed by film director Jon Landis, was half an hour long and cost 10 million dollars. Infused, like many of his greatest tracks, with a simple but driving bassline, its also featured a Hammer House of Horror-style voice-over from Vincent Price. It was the dance routines, however, expertly choreographed and performed, that set Jackson apart from other performers. Dressed and made up as zombies, they shuffled, stamped, clapped, and boogied, as the undead never had before. At the head of the file was Jackson himself, transformed in the song from dream date to nightmare stalker, enthralling viewers around the world.
Thriller's enormous success made Jackson an international media icon, his single sequinned glove, his unlaced sneakers, and his Moonwalk instantly recognisable the world over. But it also made him the target of unwanted attention.
He then bought a Californian ranch. Having always identified strongly with Peter Pan, he called his new home Neverland. Here he started building up his collections of amusement park rides, mannequins, and animals (among them the infamous Bubbles, the chimpanzee). Jackson also embarked on a course of plastic surgery. Nicknamed "Big nose" by his brothers as a child, and repeatedly described as "ugly" by his father, he had never been happy with his appearance.
His increasingly strange transformation prompted a media frenzy, with allegations that he was trying to look like his friend Elizabeth Taylor (among others). There was also his ever-whiter skin, a result, said his publicists, of the skirt condition vitiligo, but deemed by critics as a deliberate effort to escape his blackness.
The more famous Jackson got, the more he retreated into his own world, and the more rumours of his increasingly odd behaviour titillated the public. "Wacko Jacko", as he was now called in the British tabloids, allegedly had an eating disorder, slept in an oxygen tent, tried to buy the remains of the Elephant Man, and wore a surgical mask on his rare public outings.
In 1987, Jackson released Bad, which once again was a huge worldwide hit, but inevitably failed to match the success of Thriller despite Jackson's massive and gruelling world tour. For the first time, his music took second place to his lifestyle in the public's attentions. Dangerous (1991) was not exceptional, and it seemed that Jackson's detachment from reality meant that he was no longer in tune with his audience. But the gradual decline in record sales was as nothing compared to the scandal which broke in 1993, from which his career was never to fully recover.
Jackson, who had been denied a childhood, had always felt a special affinity for children. Throughout his adult life he raised millions of dollars for children's charities. But his affection for children did not stop there. He clearly felt he could trust them, preferred their company to that of adults, and often invited them to stay at Neverland.
There had always been doubts about Jackson's sexuality; a claimed teenage liaison with Diana Ross was hotly denied by her, a brief relationship with Tatum O'Neal following a first date at Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion came to nothing. Over the years, Jackson's image was repeatedly tarnished by rumours.
The father of Jordan Chandler, one of Jackson's young "friends", took accusations of molestation to the police. They were unable to press charges after the 13-year-old boy declined to testify, having received an undisclosed settlement (believed to be $26 million) from Jackson.
This payment damned Jackson as guilty in the eyes of many, despite his emphatic denials. Pepsi dropped his sponsorship deal, and the following year he was admitted to a British drug rehabilitation clinic for treatment for addiction to the painkillers morphine and demerol.
While Jackson's considerable number of diehard fans around the world refused to believe the worst of their idol, for the majority of people Jackson became at best a joke, and at worst a criminal using his wealth to escape justice. Many of Jackson's subsequent acts seemed like stunningly ill-advised and cynical attempts to rehabilitate his image.
Neither of his two marriages, firstly to Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa-Marie in 1994, and secondly to his dermatologist's assistant Debbie Rowe in 1996, lasted more than two years. The fact that he had two children with Rowe (allegedly by artificial insemination) – Prince Michael, born in 1997, and Paris Michael, born in 1998 – made the liaison seem only more grotesque.
Rowe later complained to a newspaper that she had hardly seen her children since their birth. According to the tabloids, they were brought up in a fittingly freakish manner, with six nannies and six nurses, and toys and cutlery thrown out after a single use.
Jackson's next three albums, HIStory, Past Present and Future Part 1 (1995), Blood On the Dancefloor (1997), and, in 2001, Invincible (said to be the most expensive ever recorded), all performed underwhelmingly, despite enormous promotional budgets. The HIStory album generated a hit single with Scream, although a large part of its appeal was due to the collaboration of his sister Janet, who had begun to eclipse him in popularity.
For the British public, Jackson's image as a slightly sinister figure of fun was cemented by his friendship with the celebrity spoon-bender Uri Geller (at whose wedding he was best man), and Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed, whom he accompanied to a Fulham versus Wigan football game at which the away supporters chanted "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles".
In March 2001, Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He followed this with a concert at Madison Square Gardens to celebrate his 30th anniversary in showbusiness. Despite the roster of celebrity guests such as Britney Spears and Marlon Brando, the concert received terrible reviews for its expensive tickets, poor organisation and general self-indulgence.
In 1985 Jackson had been a linchpin of the all-star USA for Africa charity recording, We Are the World. It was indicative of how his star had waned that, in October 2001, he was prevented from appearing on A Tribute To Heroes, the televised fund-raiser for victims of the September 11 attacks. The self-styled "King of Pop" was no more.
For many, Jackson calling for a "greater understanding between children and adults" in a lecture at the Oxford Union to publicise his Heal The Kids "initiative" was deeply offensive, as was his being made UN Special Ambassador for Children in 2001. But there seems little doubt that Jackson's love of children, however misguided, was genuine. In 1999 he told a journalist: "If it wasn't for the children I'd throw in the towel." Michael Jackson was as much a victim as he was an offender, a victim of his upbringing, and of the modern obsession with celebrity.
In 2003 Jackson was charged with seven counts of sexually abusing a another young boy, Gavin Anzio, whom he had entertained at "sleepovers" at Neverland. When the case came to court two years later Jackson claimed that he and Gavin had merely watched television together in bed, a claim supported by his friend Elizabeth Taylor. He spent much of the trial in a wheelchair, explaining that he was in serious pain owing to a broken vertebra.
The trial was the centre of an extraordinary media circus reminiscent of the OJ Simpson case, and lasted five months, ending in the singer's acquittal on all counts. But the sordid details that had emerged during the proceedings had done nothing for his reputation, and the verdict could hardly be deemed a triumph. Jackson remained beleaguered, and he went to live in Bahrain at the invitation of Sheikh Abdullah. It was now rumoured that Jackson was in severe financial difficulties: he was said to have borrowed more than $250 million against his music publishing interests; Neverland was closed down to save money; he became bogged down in protracted lawsuits.
Martin Bashir's television documentary about Jackson in 2003 revealed that the singer had blown $6 million in a single store; he had also paid his second wife $ 6.5 million between 1996 to 1999 for her to renounce her conjugal rights to their two children; and it was estimated that he had managed to spend around $1 billion in earnings and borrowed money in 20 years.
In recent months there had been much fanfare about a projected comeback tour. The singer had been due to launch a series of concerts in London on July 13 which would continue until March next year. The dates had sold out three months ago within five hours of the tickets going on sale. According to the promoters of the shows, AEG Live, Jackson had been subjected to, and passed, an intensive medical examination before the tour was announced.
He made a brief, and typically mysterious, appearance at the O2 to publicise the events, punching the air and announcing "This is it!" in a voice a full octave lower than his customary girlish whisper; some observers even began to wonder whether they were not being addressed by a lookalike.
After Britain, the tour was due to take in Europe and the Far East before concluding in the United States in 2011.
Jackson often said he felt like "the loneliest person in the world". In 1982 he narrated the storybook LP of ET: The Extra-Terrestrial, another outsider from children's fiction he identified with. He said: "ET's story is the story of my life in so many ways." Unlike ET, Jackson never found a home except on stage, which was, he said in 1979, "where I'm supposed to be, where God meant me to be".
Jackson is survived by his two children.
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King Of Pop Michael Jackson Is Dead At 50
Showbiz sensation Michael Jackson is pronounced dead after suffering a suspected heart attack at home in Los Angeles.
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 Michael Jackson had been due to play 50 concert dates in the UK this summer Pop star Michael Jackson has died in Los Angeles, aged 50. Paramedics were called to the singer's Beverly Hills home at about midday on Thursday after he stopped breathing. He was pronounced dead two hours later at the UCLA medical centre. Jackson's brother, Jermaine, said he was believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest. Jackson, who had a history of health problems, had been due to stage a series of comeback concerts in the UK, beginning on 13 July. Speaking on behalf of the Jackson family, Jermaine said doctors had tried to resuscitate the star for more than an hour without success.
Jermaine Jackson on his brother's sudden death He added: "The family request that the media please respect our privacy during this tough time." "And Allah be with you Michael always. I love you." TV footage showed the star's body flown from UCLA to the LA County Coroner's office where a post-mortem is expected to take place on Friday. Concerns were raised last month when four of Jackson's planned comeback concerts were postponed, but organisers insisted the dates had been moved due to the complexity of staging the show. A spokeswoman for The Outside Organisation, which was organising the publicity for the shows, said she had no comment at this time. Broadcaster Paul Gambaccini said: "I always doubted that he would have been able to go through that schedule, those concerts. It seemed to be too much of a demand on the unhealthy body of a 50 year old.
HAVE YOUR SAY Can't believe it. I'm gutted. RIP Michael, thanks for everything you gave us. Tommy, Cardiff "I'm wondering that, as we find out details of his death, if perhaps the stress of preparing for those dates was a factor in his collapse. "It was wishful thinking that at this stage of his life he could be Michael Jackson again." Uri Geller, a close friend of the star, told BBC News it was "very, very sad". Speaking outside New York's historic Apollo theatre, civil rights activist Rev Al Sharpton paid tribute to his friend. "I knew him 35 years. When he had problems he would call me," he said. "I feel like he was not treated fairly. I hope history will be more kind to him than some of the contemporary media." Melanie Bromley, west coast bureau chief of Us Weekly magazine, told the BBC the scene in Los Angeles was one of "pandemonium". "At the moment there is a period of disbelief. He was buying a home in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles and the scene outside the house is one of fans, reporters and TV cameras - it's absolute craziness. "I feel this is the biggest celebrity story in a long time and has the potential to be the Princess Diana of popular culture." Musical icon Tributes from the world of music and film have already flooded in from celebrities including Madonna, Arnold Schwarzenegger and ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley.
Large numbers of fans have also gathered outside Jackson's home and at the UCLA medical centre with lit candles to mourn the star while playing his greatest hits. Facebook groups have also been set up for fans to share their memories. The singer's albums are occupying the top 15 slots of online music retailer Amazon's current best-seller chart, led by his 1982 smash hit Thriller. Paramedics were called to the singer's house in Bel Air at 1221 (1921GMT) following an emergency phone call. They performed CPR on Jackson and rushed him to the UCLA medical centre. A spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department said the robbery and homicide team was investigating Jackson's death because of its "high profile", but there was no suggestion of foul play. Jackson began his career as a child in family group The Jackson 5.
He then went on to achieve global fame as a solo artist with smash hits such as Billie Jean and Bad. Thriller, released in 1982, is the biggest-selling album of all time, shifting 65m copies, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. He scored seven UK number ones as a solo artist and won a total of 13 Grammy awards. "For Michael to be taken away from us so suddenly at such a young age, I just don't have the words," said Quincy Jones, who produced Thriller, Bad and Off The Wall. "He was the consummate entertainer and his contributions and legacy will be felt upon the world forever. I've lost my little brother today, and part of my soul has gone with him." The singer had been dogged by controversy and money trouble in recent years, becoming a virtual recluse. Michael Jackson's body is delivered by helicopter for a post mortem report He was arrested in 2003 on charges of molesting a 14-year-old boy, but was found not guilty following a five-month trial. The star had three children, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince Michael Jackson II. He is survived by his mother, Katherine, father, Joseph and eight siblings - including Janet, Randy, Jermaine and La Toya Jackson. | ||||
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Snoop Dogg, Rev Run, More Remember MJ In MTV News' 'Michael Jackson: A Tribute'
'I hope now the genius and humanity of Michael Jackson gets its due,' the Reverend Al Sharpton says.
Just hours after news broke that Michael Jackson had died of cardiac arrest, several artists — Sheryl Crow, Snoop Dogg, Timbaland and Fat Joe — and two reverends — Al Sharpton and Rev Run — called in to MTV to talk about the singer's life and legacy for the show, "Michael Jackson: A Tribute."
"I knew Michael since the mid-'70s," Al Sharpton recalled. "But we got tight in the '80s because by then James Brown had kind of adopted me as a son, and Michael was a James Brown fanatic. He used to always come to see James Brown ... I remember though, the thing that was kind of spooky to me this afternoon, I remember I got a call in the middle of the night before James Brown's last funeral, and it was the mortician saying that Michael wanted to visit the funeral home. ... He viewed the body and we convinced him to stay for the funeral and he spoke at the funeral.
"He talked about how he hopes that as a legend James Brown will get the due in death he never got in life, and I felt the same way about Michael. I hope now the genius and humanity of Michael Jackson gets its due."
Timbaland, who sounded very upset when he spoke on the show, said, "He was just a fabulous guy. Phenomenal. I watched him as a kid and I was like, 'Man, he works very hard.' His music was incredible. Everybody from Chris Brown to everybody who started dancing — he influenced all of that."
Fat Joe called in to remember the effect that Jackson's music had on him in his youth. "This is probably [among] the top three worst days of my life. MJ — you know I'm a gangsta rapper so we always got that hard edge, but at the end of the day, the king is the king.
"I can go down the list: there wouldn't be no Usher, there wouldn't be no Chris Brown. There wouldn't be nobody without MJ. There wouldn't be no Justin. He was just harmony on Earth. I never think MJ ever did anything wrong in his life. He was just a beautiful soul on this earth."
Rev Run and Snoop Dogg both called in to the show and recalled Jackson's strong sense of pride in his career and with his fans. "The thing that went through my mind was that he lived so big. He just worked it so hard. He was such a big imagination. He danced, he sang, he pushed so hard to entertain us," Rev said. "He was so driven that it was really amazing. I think the best thing that Michael will leave is his ability to captivate people. He captivated us."
Snoop Dogg added, "I feel like his music will never die and his spirit will never die, because he influenced so many if us. He gave us a lot of hope that we feel like we can be big. He was very inspiring and up close and personal with his fans. That to me was special. That's one of the things that I loved about Mike. When I got a chance to meet him, that's the feeling and spirit that I got from him."
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