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Brotman Memorial Hospital Visit

Randy Taborelli, biographer, “Michael Jackson: The Magic and the Madness” (1991)

Ironically, Michael had visited burns patients at the same hospital [as the one he visited after his Pepsi burn accident] on New Year's Day. He had been particularly affected by one patient, twenty-three-year-old mechanic Keith Perry, who had suffered third-degree burns on 95 per cent of his body. Michael had had photos taken of himself holding the patient's hand, with his sequined glove on. When asked why he was wearing the glove, Michael responded, ‘This way, I am never offstage.’ The photos were quickly distributed to the media.