MICHAEL JACKSON
BEST OF ’871'88: Need you ask? The LP of the year: Bad. PROFILE: No one in the past decade has received more scrutiny, criticism, analysis and idolatry than this eccentric and ultra-talented young man. From his beginnings as the youngest brother of the Jackson 5 through Thriller and Captain EO, Michael’s become the singlemost popular singer on the planet, and he’s managed to do it with grace and style.
MICHAEL JACKSON
REBELS WITH A CAUSE
BEST OF ’871'88: Need you ask? The LP of the year: Bad.
PROFILE: No one in the past decade has received more scrutiny, criticism, analysis and idolatry than this eccentric and ultra-talented young man. From his beginnings as the youngest brother of the Jackson 5 through Thriller and Captain EO, Michael’s become the singlemost popular singer on the planet, and he’s managed to do it with grace and style. In a nutshell, he be bad.
HOME: Encino, California. He lives with his mother Katherine and sister LaToya. BIRTHDAY: August 29, 1958.
BEST FRIENDS: Diana Ross, Elizabeth Taylor, Brooke Shields, Emmanuel Lewis, Quincy Jones and mom.
WHAT’S IN A NAME: His friends call him “Smelly.”
OPERATIONS: One nose job, one cleftchin tuck and one burn treatment after his hair caught fire during a commercial taping.
HOBBIES: Rescuing animals from cancer laboratories; conquering Japan; drinking Pepsi; sleeping in an oxygen tent; and attempting to add the Elephant Man to his menagerie.
MAIN SQUEEZE: His boa constrictor.