Despite his controversial life full of twists and turns, Michael Jackson remains one of the most popular artists on the planet. Its planetary tubes will be forever etched in our memories. But his fatal death in 2009 at the age of 50 brings a sense of immense sadness and injustice, having lost one of the geniuses of multi-genre music. But above all, he remains a major influence for all subsequent generations working in pop music as the King of Pop.