Fact #89597
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Short story:
While filming a tv commercial for Pepsi Cola in the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA, Michael Jackson's hair is accidentally set alight. He is taken first to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for treatment, then to Brotman Medical Center, Culver City and treated for second and third degree burns to his face and scalp.
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Kathy Griffin (actress) : I was happy to be an extra. I was just part of the crowd scene… I will just never forget seeing Michael Jackson from a distance and just thinking, ‘Oh my God, that’s Michael Jackson.’… You kind of can’t believe it….I remember it vividly… and Jon [Lovitz] was there… They were taping… We really didn’t notice it when it actually happened.
He was literally spinning and then there was smoke and a bunch of people kind of jumped on him. They didn’t tell any of the extras what was going on…then rumors kind of rippled through the audience….By the time I got home that night, it was the biggest story on the news. I could only imagine that it was very painful.
(Source : http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1490232.php/Kathy_Griffin's_Michael_Jackson_Pepsi_commercial_storyNoixzz0LW5CLfSg)
Miko Brando (son of Marlon Brando, friend of Michael Jackson) : I tore out, hugged him, tackled him and ran my hands though his hair.
Dr Steven Hoefflin (plastic surgeon) : It was quite a shock for Michael and, when I got there, he was in a daze. After I examined him and told him he would be fine, he felt a lot better.
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He was literally spinning and then there was smoke and a bunch of people kind of jumped on him. They didn’t tell any of the extras what was going on…then rumors kind of rippled through the audience….By the time I got home that night, it was the biggest story on the news. I could only imagine that it was very painful.
(Source : http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1490232.php/Kathy_Griffin's_Michael_Jackson_Pepsi_commercial_storyNoixzz0LW5CLfSg)
Miko Brando (son of Marlon Brando, friend of Michael Jackson) : I tore out, hugged him, tackled him and ran my hands though his hair.
Dr Steven Hoefflin (plastic surgeon) : It was quite a shock for Michael and, when I got there, he was in a daze. After I examined him and told him he would be fine, he felt a lot better.
(Source : not known)