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Before achieving global stardom, Michael Jackson was already showcasing a completely different side of his artistic talent. During a 1974 television performance with The Jackson 5, he sang “Killing Me Softly With His Song” in a softer, more controlled vocal style that contrasted with the group’s usual energetic sound....

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❤️🌟"Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song written in 1971 by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. Two years later, Roberta Flack recorded a new version that became a huge hit. Released in January 1973, Flack's version spent a total of five non-consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in February and March.

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This is Michael Jackson's last performance in his life. Happened 2009 Michael Jackson died barely 12 hours after this video, as he went home from the rehearsal ground and couldn't sleep in time for the next day's rehearsal, so he got very uncomfortable and his Doctor (Conrad Murray) injected him with an overdose of Propofol (an anaesthetic drug that makes people fall deeply in sleep. Mostly used by doctors before carrying out surgery on a patient) . Michael then went into cardiac arrest almost immediately, which coincidentally clashed with the exact moment that Conrad Murray stepped out of the room, leaving Michael unsupervised. Michael never opened his eyes ever again to see his beautiful children, family and beloved fans. . . In the video below, Michael performed the "Earth song" and as you can see, he had to wear baggy clothes partly to give him a more buffed up look, as he was getting thinner due to the extreme toil his body took during the previous years (trials, pain medications, etc) Michael left us with a final message to Earth and humans, pleading that we avoid wars and think about the innocent children who have died from pointless wars. This video is one of the most emotional performance I've ever seen Michael in, despite it being a rehearsal and not full concert performance

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