From his obsession with plastic surgery to his legal and financial troubles, Michael Jackson led a complicated life. What will he be remembered for: his work as a musical artist or his latter-day weirdness?
Bill Wyman is the former arts editor for Salon and now writes for the blog, ?Hitsville.?
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