Fred Astaire

Michael Jackson dedicated his 1988 autobiography Moonwalk to his idol . The book was named after Jackson's signature dance move, the moonwalk, and contains a foreword by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. It reached number one on the New York Times Best Seller list. Fred Astaire saw Jackson as a successor and was quoted as saying, “Oh, God! That boy moves in a very exceptional way. That’s the greatest dancer of the century. I didn’t want to leave this world without knowing who my descendant was. Thank you Michael!”