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- 1984: Michael Jackson
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1984 Highlights
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- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- February 20, 1984
- PEOPLE
- Michael Jackson
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- <body>
- <p> The hottest ticket in Manhattan last week was printed on a
- white glove, but for most of the 1,500 guests who showed up for
- Michael Jackson's Thriller party at the American Museum of
- Natural History, it was strictly a hands-off evening. Almost
- no one got within hailing distance of the carefully shielded
- host, who sported a discreet hairpiece in his first public
- appearance since he was hospitalized last month for scalp burns
- suffered while filming a TV commercial. After accepting awards
- from CBS Records and the Guinness book of World Records, which
- certified his Thriller as the biggest solo album ever (25
- million copies sold), Jackson, 25, made a quick exit to a small,
- private reception in the Elephant Room of the museum. There he
- mingled with such privileged well-wishers as Sean Lennon, Carly
- Simon and Brooke Shields. Why throw the monster bash at an
- institution where the furs are usually stuffed? Explained a CBS
- spokesman: "Michael has a love of nature--and it's big."
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