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Michael Jackson · 1991

Michael Jackson

Historical music event in the Radio Music History database.

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Michael Jackson walked Elizabeth Taylor down the aisle at her wedding to construction worker Larry Fortensky at his Neverland Ranch. It was Elizabeth Taylor's eighth marriage, while Fortensky became her seventh husband; Taylor later divorced Fortensky, with the divorce finalized in 1996.

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