Michael Jackson's turning point - Pepsi & painkillers

During the sixth take of the commercial, performed in front of 3000 fans at L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium on 27 January 1984, a faulty pyrotechnic set Jackson's hair on fire. He suffered second degree burns to the face and scalp. Pepsi settled out of court, and Jackson donated his $1.5 million settlement to the Brotman Medical Center in Culver City, CA, which now has a "Michael Jackson Burn Center"



This was the turning point.

Before Pepsi incident = Jackson 5, Epic, Jacksons, Off The Wall, Thriller, Moonwalk, Black superstar.

After Pepsi incident = burns, painkillers, 3rd nosejob, We Are The World, The Girl Is Mine, Beatles catalogue, skin changing color, anorexia, bad injury on Bad tour, more painkillers, Bubbles, Neverland, Heal The World, more painkillers, Jesus Juice, Jordy Chandler (13) child abuse case, strip search, panic attacks, Valium, Ativan, Xanax, Dangerous Tour cancelled, rehab, anorexia, $22m out of court settlement with Chandlers whilst hospitalised, more rehab, married Lisa Marie Presley for 2 years, panic attacks - collapsed during rehearsals, married Debbie Rowe for 3 years, had two jewish children, Invincible promo cancelled, dangled Blanket, Bashir doco, Arvizo (13) child abuse case, Demerol (pethidine), $300m loan, Neverland closed, AEG book 10, 30, 50 dates, massive pressure, more Demerol (3 x a day), anorexia, heart arhythmia, anxiety, Dilaudid, Vicodin, Zoloft, Xanax, Soma, Paxil, Prilosec, Lorazepam, Midazolam and finally Propofol.