European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 b the stars and stripes . Friday. February 12,1993 Michael s Mirror on Wall does t quite Tell it All nose Job yes bleach of no los Angeles a Michael Jackson says the Man in the Mirror has had a Little work done on his nose and Chin but not the rest of his face. And he denies bleaching his skin explaining he has a disorder that s destroying his pigment. It s a problem for me of 1 can t control it the pop megastar said in a live to interview wednesday when asked by Oprah Winfrey about his fad ing skin color. The disorder which he did t identify runs in the family he said. In his first Solo interview in nearly a decade the eccentric 34-year-old Star said he surrounds himself with children to make up for a friendless Workaholic childhood. He said he was beaten by his father and still does t like to look at himself in mirrors his recent hit Man in the Mirror notwithstanding and he finessed a question about whether he is Virgin answering you can Call me old fashioned if you Jackson spoke animatedly and occasionally giggled during the 90-minute interview at his neverland ranch near Santa Barbara. He wore a red shirt with Epa lets dark pants and an Arm band. By confronting rumours about his per Sonal life Jackson said he hoped his fans could focus on his Art. He quickly dispensed with one of those rumours that he bleached his skin. There is no such thing As skin bleaching he said. I be never seen it. I Don t know what it he said his disorder began after the 1982 release of his thriller album and he uses makeup to cover its effects. Why is that so important thai s not important to me he said. What about the millions of people who sit out in the Sun and become Darker than they arc he dismissed suggestions that he might be changing his appearance be cause he does t like who he is. I m a Black american he said. I m proud of my Jackson said he had minor cosmetic surgery to his nose and Chin but did t alter his eyes his lips or any of the rest of his face. Very Little. You can count it on two fingers he said referring to cosmetic procedures. He also defended his Crotch grab Bing during performances saying it happens he added it s the music that compels me to do it. You Don t think about it it just Hap pens. I m slave to the other revelations he does t like going out to Date superstar says in interview but a woman Friend docs visit his ranch. He had a crush on Singer Diana Ross and is now dating Brooke Shields his father Joseph was a Stern Man who teased and sometimes beat him As an adolescent for being sad and withdrawn but Jackson forgave him ,. " ". During adolescence he had so Many pimples he refused to look in mirrors and is still reluctant to. I washed my face in the dark he said. He denied trying to buy the Bones of the victorian sideshow figure known As the elephant Man. What would i need with some Bones he has t read a Book by his sister Latoya that portrays the Jackson family As dysfunctional. I love my sister dearly he said. He Hopes to have a family some Day. But i could t right now because i m married to my work he said. Jackson said he lost his childhood to constant rehearsals recordings and touring. He often would cry when he saw other children playing. Slumber parties hanging out. There was none of that for me. I did t have any friends when i was Little he said. People always wonder Why i have children around. I find a thing i never had through his purpose in life i feel i was chosen As an instrument to give music love and Harmony to the world he said. His Friend Elizabeth Taylor appeared on the broadcast to declare that Jackson is the least weird Man i be Ever if he has any eccentricities he s larger than life and some people just cannot accept that or understand it she said. Jackson blasted what he called god awful stories about his personal life. A photo billed As showing him sleeping in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber actually shows him testing equipment at a Burn Center he founded he said. The broadcast included a tour of his ranch which resembled a carnival with a Ferris wheel and other rides. A movie theater had Beds for the terminally ill children he regularly has As guests. Winfrey said Jackson set no ground rules for the interview the latest sign he is emerging from his reclusive Ness. His recent appearances include presi Dent Clinton s inauguration Celebration and the super bowl halftime extravaganza. In Forbes Magazine s ranking of the 1991-92 highest paid entertainers Jackson was no. 6 with $51 million. Winfrey was no. 2, with $88 million. Michael on a childhood lost to show business slumber parties hanging out. There was none of that for me. I didst have any friends when i was lime.1 on whether he is a Virgin i m a gentleman. That s something that s private. You can Call me old fashioned if you want1 on his changing skin tone it s a problem for me of i can t control it. What of the millions of people who sit out in the Sun and become Darker than they Are?1 Jackson says skin lightened by disorder los Angeles a doctors say there Are skin conditions of the sort described by Michael Jackson that can lighten complexion. The Pup Star said wednesday during a live to interview with talk show Host Oprah Winfrey that he suffers from a disorder that is destroying his pigment. The Singer s lightening complexion has led to speculation that he bleaches his skin. Jackson did not identify the disorder but said it began after his thriller album came out in 1982. He said he uses makeup to even his skin tone. Or. Lisa Oki a los Angeles dermatologist said one such disorder is Vitili go in which the body destroys skin cells that make pigment. The condition causes patches of lighter skin but is not otherwise harm Ful. If a person has Darker skin the absence of pigment is More obvious Oki said. Vitiligo most commonly occurs in Early adulthood and affects one in 200 people. Jackson is 34 years old. The american medical association s family medical guide lists vitiligo among seven abnormal skin pigmentation disorders. Vitiligo can be treated with Oral or topical medication to encourage re pig mentation and ultraviolet Light can be used to put color Back in some areas. A bleaching agent can also be used to make surrounding skin lighter Oki said. Ashe lauded in Virginia for activism Richmond a. A they mentioned his Tennis accomplishments but mourners said Arthur Ashe s compas Sion decency and social activism including his final Public Battle against aids were truer measures of the Man. A crowd of 5,600, including politicians athletes arid people in labourers uniforms attended Ashe s funeral wednesday. Arthur left us with a better world Tolive in today said Charlie Pasarell Ashe s Roommate at Urcla and a former Davis cup teammate As he fought off tears. But most of All we Are Here today because Arthur touched our jives with the most powerful emotion of All a Stream of 21 speakers eulogized she during the three hour service held at the Arthur r. Ashe or. Athletic Cen Ter. Richmond built the sports Center in 1981 and named it after its native son. Ashe the first Black Man to win Wimbledon and the . Open Tennis championships died saturday of aids related pneumonia. He was 49. We Are going to find a cure. We Are going to rally. Arthur Ashe s life will not be in vain said former . Ambassador Andrew Young the last to speak. God has found Many uses for Arthu that we Don t understand. So when it came time to Deal with this difficult prob Lem facing the planet god found the new York mayor David n. Dinkin said Ashe was just Plain better than most of at Ashe s request he was buried in suburban Richmond cemetery beside his Mother. serving As pall bearers were Pasarell and former French open Champion Yannick Noah. Now he belongs to the Ages said there. Jesse Jackson. But thank god for one moment in Mankind he belonged Man backing Fisher s claim of love affair Mineola . A prosecutor reopened their investigation of Joey Buttafuoco after a former employee came Forward to Back Amy Fisher s claim that she and Buttafuoco had had an county prosecutors previously discounted the teen Ager s allegations of statutory rape and decided in october not to present them to a grand alleged she and Buttafuoco began an affair in 1991 a month before she turned 17, the age of consent in new York. Buttafuoco 37, denies having sex with the girl. Fisher is serving a five to is year prison sentence for shooting Buttafuoco s wife Mary to last May. A former employee of Buttafuoco s has come Forward to say Buttafuoco boasted of an affair with Fisher in 1991, Edwar Grilli a spokesman for District attorney Denis Dillon said wednesday. George Nessler 34, who worked at Buttafuoco s Auto body shop from 1989 to 1991, said that Buttafuoco confided that he d had sex with the teen according to a Law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity. Dillon will de cide in a few Days whether to present the allegations to a grand jury. Buttafuoco s lawyer Marvyn Kornberg questioned Nessler s credibility claiming he was fired from Buttafuoco s Auto body shop in july 1991 for heroin use
