Rare Pictures Thread

[MjsLovelyOne88]

lucky fan meeting Michael during the thriller era

 

[Ashtanga]

Michael Jackson was a legend who is sure to live in eternity. The whole world pursued him for his stardom and talent, but it was in Oman where he felt “truly at home”.
Michael came to Oman with plans for only three days, but he went on to stay with us for 45 days. He loved Oman and its people. People treated him with love, just like a close friend. Michael was very impressed by the love and hospitality he got here which was sadly missing from his life.
Michael was highly impressed by Omani’s rich culture and many a times visited the Muttrah Souq. He bought several souvenirs from the souq and got quite friendly with the people. He visited the homes of many Omani families and spent a lot of time with them. He learned a lot about Omani lifestyle.
Michael spent a lot of time with us in our house. We often got together for lunch and he soon became a part of our family. He felt very comfortable here and shared a lot about his life and how people had treated him. During one of those days, Michael told us about his children and said he wanted them to get the same affection that he received here. He asked them to come to Oman. When they finally arrived, he hugged them and told them in the car, “Welcome home, kids”. I told him: “Michael, be careful, I’ll quote this in the media.” He said, “I don’t care, I love being here.”
We didn’t ask him to say this. People in other places offered him so many things, but still he felt being at home in Oman.
At home, we had organised a party for his children to introduce them to our kids. My sisters prepared a cake for him and his children. It was very special as it had his kids’ names in Neverland and Peter Pan with Michael’s face saying, “Free to be me in Oman”. Michael had tears in his eyes and he told me, “I want to stay here.”
My nephew, Talal Zubair, is a big fan of Michael. At the party, he organised a show and imitated Michael’s moves and jives. Michael was thrilled and his kids said, “Dad, you have to take Talal with you on stage next time.”
Talal and Michael became very close and they used to talk over the phone most of the time. Talal was devastated when he heard the news. The entire family was.
I don’t care what the media says, but Michael was a loving father and was very patient with his kids. He used to teach them new things most of the time. I don’t believe all the rumours that float in the media.
One day we went with the kids to watch a movie. On his way back, Michael asked his son who was sitting behind in the car, what he learned from the movie. The boy was very intelligent and Michael was challenging him with more and more questions. He wanted his kids to be brilliant and to live the childhood he never had.
Michael himself read a lot. We gave him books about Oman’s heritage, architecture, crafts and music. One day he called me at 7 a.m. to ask about the different dynasties in Oman, the forts and the history. Michael was very open and he loved people. Many people visited him at the hotel where he stayed and took pictures with him, but nobody took advantage of his global celebrity status. They did not release the photos in the media. That’s why he felt secure in Oman. He loved Oman, because people treated him like an ordinary person. He was happy to be here. He had traveled around the world and people used to tell him “Michael, we love you.” Only in Oman they told him: “We love you and we want you to stay here”. Many people are very sad at such a great loss.
Michael was humble, generous and a true humanitarian. You would never believe what you hear or read about him if you had met him in person.
Sadly, people around him took advantage of him.
Michael left Oman to go to the US when James Brown died. He was very sad, but he promised to come back. He was planning to come to Oman in December this year to work with us.
He wanted to work especially with Dr Riyadh Hamzah, to compose music and write poems together. I have a recording that says how much he wanted to live in Oman.
We will miss him a lot but he will always be in our hearts. I don’t think the world will ever have another Michael Jackson. He was one of a kind.”


Source: http://www.truemichaeljackson.com/true-stories/michael-in-oman/


via Michael Jackson’s Legacy FB Page

When I met Michael Jackson while working in Vegas in 2003 I he came and to the magic shop and asked me about different illusions for a show he was planning. He said he was thinking of using a choir for "Man in the Mirror". I suggested the illusion of the Choir Vanish. He LOVED the idea.
Although he never got to do that show in Vegas, I still thought it should see the light of day...I thought about that meeting with him while on stage last week. It was a really memorable moment for me.

Scott Alexander

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[Silouette]

Awsome Ashtanga! :woohoo: I especially like the one from August 1971 he's in his swimming trunks,
and the one that's 6th from the bottom of your post ....Michael sportin' the curly fro.
Too cute!.

TYSM!

 

[Ashtanga]

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[MjsLovelyOne88]

The Poultry Press, which is a legit newspaper about raising chickens and all things poultry, became part of the studio tradition during the Bad album.

via Brad Sundberg’s, In The Studio With Michael FB Page

he looks sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo gorgeous here, I can't :swoon:

 

[Ashtanga]

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[Silouette]

Amazing pics! :girl_smile:

 

[Silouette]

Michael and Jermaine; don't know who the other man is.

 

[Silouette]

 

[MjsLovelyOne88]

 

[Ashtanga]

Brazil.... :girl_sigh:

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[MjsLovelyOne88]

Another MJ/Bubbles/La Toya pic

 

[Silouette]

OMGosh! :blink: He's so gorgeous!. Be still my heart.
Thank you ladies for the beautiful rares.

I'm about to pick a couple of 'to die for' pictures on this page:
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These pictures are like. Mmmph. :girl_smile: Too sexy.
Thank you Tanga


The one and only, Michael Jackson

I LOVE this picture for so many reasons.
I miss Michael so much. I really wish he....and so many others, were still here...with us.

Miss u MJ

 

[Ashtanga]

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[MjsLovelyOne88]

Thanks Ash C:

Some bad era perfection

lol @ phil collins

awww

and holy crap I need source vid of this... really :swoon:

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[Mrs. Michael Jackson]

Awwww, the pic mj's sleeping... so cute!!

 

[wendijane]

 

[Ashtanga]

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A Day at the Races ~ Actor George Hamilton, who often spent a day at the horse races with Elizabeth Taylor recalls the day Liz bought Michael to a race meeting ~ "Michael said, 'I don't bet on horses. I'm a Jehovah's Witness.' I went, 'Beginner's luck. You just point to one and I'll take care of it.' So he put his finger on a 30-to-one-shot and the horse won. And Elizabeth made him go down and present the winning horse because she wanted him to get out of his reclusive lifestyle."

Liz, George and Michael in the pic.

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[MjsLovelyOne88]

 

[LindavG]

That's Glenda, isn't it? From the tapes?

 

[MjsLovelyOne88]

That's Glenda, isn't it? From the tapes?

Is it really? wow, I had no idea. For some reason I thought she was black. No wonder why when he explained the "nose wide open" thing to her said it was a black thing lol...

 

[Ashtanga]

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[Ashtanga]

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Brazil.... :girl_sigh:

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[Silouette]

I love the way MJ looks in the last ^ picture....the hair, eyes, mouth. :girl_smile:
Great finds young lady!
TYSM!

 

[Ashtanga]

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[Silouette]

I love those pics.

But you mean to tell me that there was a stand-in for the BOW short film? Really?

 

[Silouette]

 

[CaptainEoLove85]

:wild:

 

[Silouette]

Thank you Ash, and thank you for the "thank you's".
Lol

 

[Ashtanga]

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