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Michael Jackson · 1994

Michael Jackson

Historical music event in the Radio Music History database.

October 1, 1994Media⭐⭐⭐⭐

Description

The British Daily Mirror published a photograph of Michael Jackson wearing a scout leader’s uniform with five young scouts. It was later clarified that the photograph came from a ceremony in Los Angeles in September 1990, where Jackson received the Good Scout Humanitarian Award. A representative of the scouting organization subsequently stated that Jackson had no connection with the organization and had never served as a scout leader.

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