Legacy

One of the best-selling and most influential artists of all time — and one of the most controversial. The music, the dance and the videos reshaped pop; the allegations, revisited in "Leaving Neverland", keep the reckoning open.

Part of Michael Jackson

7 moments in this segment.

1. 2009-06-25 — The Hollywood Walk of Fame star. Michael’s star on the Walk of Fame became a shrine after his death.
2. 2011-11-02 — "The Life of an Icon" (2011). A feature documentary on Michael’s life and influence.
3. 2012 — The Holmby Hills home. The Los Angeles mansion where Michael spent his final years and died in 2009.
4. 2012-11-22 — "Bad 25" — Spike Lee documentary. Spike Lee’s documentary on the making and legacy of "Bad".
5. 2014-05-13 — The legacy of the King of Pop. One of the best-selling music artists of all time, Michael Jackson reshaped pop music, dance and the music video — a towering, and deeply contested, cultural figure.
6. 2017 — Kingvention — the fan conventions. Years after his death, fan conventions like Kingvention keep the King of Pop’s community alive.
7. 2019-01-25 — "Leaving Neverland" (2019). The 2019 documentary "Leaving Neverland", in which two men allege abuse as children, reignites the debate over Michael’s legacy. His estate disputes the claims.