var galleryData = [{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Happy and smiling, a performer getting back to his prime. That's how some would describe this picture, one of the last ever taken of <a href=\" http://showbiz.sky.com/celeb/Michael-Jackson\"> Michael Jackson<\/a> before he died.<br><br>Michael was snapped rehearsing for his comeback concert, and photographer Kevin Mazur said: \"When he hit the stage I was thrilled. The magical Michael was back.\"<Br><br>Hours later Michael was dead. We remember his phenomenal life in pictures.<\/p>","url":"2009/6/30/Michael-Jackson-0609.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson "},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Michael, the King of Pop, passed away aged 50. <br><br>He died after suffering a suspected heart attack at his LA home.<br><br>The LA County County Coroner's office has revealed more tests will be undertaken to determine the exact cause of his death.<\/p>","url":"2009/4/3/Michael-Jackson-0309.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 03.09"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>He was pronounced dead just before 10.30pm in the evening, British time, after being taken to hospital in a coma.<\/p>","url":"2009/6/4/Michael-Jackson-0609.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 06.09"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>He was due to play 50 comeback gigs at London's 02 Arena this summer, starting in July.<br><br>He is survived by three children - Michael Joseph (known as Prince), Paris Michael Katherine and Prince Michael II (aka Blanket).<\/p>","url":"2009/4/23/Michael-Jackson-0409.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 04.09"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>In August 2008 he geared up for his 50th birthday bash in Las Vegas.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/29/Michael-Jackson-0808.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson "},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Michael was the seventh of nine children. He was born in Gary, Indiana, but the family moved to LA and the Jackson 5 came into being, with Michael going onto become a global solo star.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/28/Michael-Jackson-1106-1.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 11.06"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Michael's career was filled with ups and downs. <br><br>He was attempting a comeback after years of headlines about child molestation charges (he was acquitted), plastic surgery and his habit of wearing masks.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/28/Michael-Jackson-0307.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 03.07"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>In 2006 he was awarded a special prize for selling over 100 million albums at the World Music Awards. <br/><br/>In fact he has sold over 170 million.<\/p>","url":"2008/3/14/Michael-Jackson-LA-1106.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson LA 11.06"},{"captionHeading":"Michael: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Beyonce presented him with the gong.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/23/Beyonce-Knowles-Michael-Jackson-0707.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Beyonce Knowles Michael Jackson 07.07"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Controversy has always surrounded Michael. <br/><br/>\r\nIn 2005 he stands on a car and smiles as he's cleared of child abuse charges.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/28/Michael-Jackson.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Happy Birthday Michael"},{"captionHeading":"Michael: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Sisters Latoya and Janet Jackson flanked their brother as he arrived at court.<\/p>","url":"2008/7/2/LaToya-Michael-and-Janet-Jackson-0804.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"LaToya, Michael and Janet Jackson 08.04"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Another controversial moment in the same year was when Michael alarmed thousands of fans by dangling Blanket over a Berlin balcony.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-1102.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 11.02"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>This is his police mugshot from November 2003.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/28/Jackson-Mugshot.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Jackson-Mugshot"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Over the years Michael has garnered a following of famous friends, like Elizabeth Taylor.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/28/Michael-Jackson-and-Elizabeth-Taylor-0202.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor 02.02"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>And spoon-bender Uri Geller.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/28/Michael-Jackson-and-Uri-Gellar-0602.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson and Uri Gellar 06.02"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Here he is with Nelson Mandela.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-and-Nelson-Mandela-0099.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson and Nelson Mandela 00.99"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>This is in 2002. Michael is in court facing a $21m lawsuit for not showing up at two millennium gigs.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/28/Michael-Jackson-1202.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Michael Jackson 12.02"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>He'll be remembered a legend in music circles as five of his solo albums - Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous and HISstory are among the top-selling albums of all time.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-0402.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 04.02"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice and had many award nominations and wins under his belt. <br><br>He won 13 Grammys and had 13 number one singles.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/28/Michael-Jackson-0302-1.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 03.02"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>In 2001 on US TV there was a 30th Anniversary Special to celebrate his three decades in the music biz.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/28/Michael-Jackson-1101.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 11.01"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>In the same show, Jacko teamed up with Britney for a perfomance of The Way You Make Me Feel.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/28/Michael-Jackson-and-Britney-Spears-0901.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Michael Jackson and Britney Spears 09.01"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>He also did a fair share of charity and was pictured here giving a speech at Oxford University on the plight of children.<\/p>","url":"2008/4/8/Michael-Jackson-0301.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 03.01"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Michael was married three times. He married nurse Deborah Jeanne Rowe in Sydney in 1996. They had a son, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr, known as Prince and a daughter, Paris Michael Katherine Jackson.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-1000.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 10.00"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Here Michael is with her. They divorced in 1999 and Michael retained full custody of the children.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-and-Debroah-Rowe-1196.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson and Debroah Rowe 11.96"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>He was also briefly married to Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, in the early 1990s.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-0000.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 00.00"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Here they are in 1994.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-and-Lisa-Marie-Presley-0095.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley 00.95"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>The couple posed ahead of their wedding - a union which was to last until just two years later.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-and-Lisa-Marie-Presley-0894.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley 08.94"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>He called Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara home from 1988 to 2005.<br><br>Reports say the ranch was eventually sold to Colony Capital, but that Michael retained a stake in the property.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-0797.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 07.97"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>In 1996 he performed at the World Music Awards.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/28/Michael-Jackson-0105.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Michael Jackson 01.05"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>In 1995 he promoted his HIStory album on the Thames with a life-size model of himself.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/28/Michael-Jackson-2.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Happy Birthday Michael"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>He attended the Grammys with sister Janet in February 1993.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-and-Janet-Jackson-0293.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson 02.93"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>His fashion style was unique to him too and these glasses followed him around everywhere over the years.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-0692.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 06.92"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Madonna and Michael had been friends for years and she has said she is devastated by his death.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-and-Madonna-0091.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Michael Jackson and Madonna 00.91"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>The late Princess Diana was a fan of Michael's too.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-and-Princess-Diana-0788.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Michael Jackson and Princess Diana 07.88"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>And Lionel Ritchie. In fact, Michael was Nicole Richie's godfather.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-and-Lionel-Richie-0086.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie 00.86"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>This is a promo shot for Bad in 1987.<br/><br/>\r\nIt's still the only album in history to boast five singles that have made the Billboard Number 1 spot.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-0987.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 09.87"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>In 1984 he and Brooke Shields had a brief relationship.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/28/Michael-Jackson-1.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Happy Birthday Michael"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>In 1983 his song Billie Jean was a smash and it propelled him from former child star to a solo force to be reckoned with.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-0083.jpg","width":320,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 00.83"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Bubbles the chimp was Michael's famous pet back in the day.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-and-his-pets-0083.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Michael Jackson and his pets 00.83"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Michael worked with many famous artists over the years. He even joined forces with Paul McCartney for a duet, The Girl Is Mine.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-with-Paul-and-Linda-McCartney-0083.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Michael Jackson with Paul and Linda McCartney 00.83"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Here he is with Motown legend Diana Ross, his co-star in 1978 film The Wiz.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-and-Diana-Ross-0081.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Michael Jackson and Diana Ross 00.81"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>This is where it all started for Mike... the Jackson 5. <br/><br/>\r\nThere's Marlon, Jackie, Tito, Michael and Jermaine in 1973.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/The-Jackson-5-0073.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"The Jackson 5 00.73"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>This is his sister LaToya with him.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-and-Latoya-Jackson-0000.jpg","width":385,"height":420,"alt":"Michael Jackson and Latoya Jackson 00.00"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A life In Pics","caption":"<p>His music will live on forever.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-0072.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 00.72"},{"captionHeading":"Michael Jackson: A Life In Pics","caption":"<p>Rest in peace, Michael.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/27/Michael-Jackson-0073.jpg","width":385,"height":540,"alt":"Michael Jackson 00.73"}];