Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson is today’s Book of Color. This book, written by Ian Halperin, recounts the end of Michael Jackson’s life. He predicted in December 2008, and announced to everyone in the world, that Michael Jackson would die in six months. Tragically, in the end, Ian Halperin was correct.
Halperin explains that what actually killed the King of Pop was the greed of others around him. Forced to launch the concert series in London drained Michael Jackson of his mental and physical health. Everyone, Michael Jackson’s advisors included, knew that the tour was madness, but they still pushed for it to try and make the millions that the concerts would have generated. In his last years, Michael covered his ailing health by crazy costumes and cosmetics. Halperin details the crazy and thrilling last years of his life.
Ian Halperin is a former winner of the Rolling Stone “Award for Investigative Journalism,” and has written books on Celine Dion, James Taylor , and Kurt Cobain.