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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Frances Kindon

Michael Jackson's surreal real voice uncovered as friends claim childish tone was fake

Michael Jackson was famed for his high-pitched, softly-spoken voice, sounding almost childlike in interviews.

But was it his real voice or was he putting it on?

For years it has been speculated that the unusual pitch came about when father Joe allegedly made him undergo 'chemical castration' at the age of 13 in a bid to keep his singing voice high, as it was in the days of the Jackson 5.

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