Michael Jackson and fans, and James Safechuck

Photo taken at the Kahala Hilton Hotel, early February 1988 - Michael Jackson with the boy from the Pepsi commercial at the time, Jimmy Safechuck,and fans from England (the Butler family)

I found this information on the internet about Jimmy Safechuck:
"Jackson met Jimmy Safechuck during the recording of the Pepsi commercial in 1988. Jimmy was 10 years old, from California. He dressed in the same clothes as Jackson. He enjoyed the singe's complete attention, and went on tour with him. Jimmy's parents received a Rolls Royce worth $180,000, and afterwards, a Mercedes Benz each. Reasons why their friendship ended are unknown."

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ming6983 says:

hi, how was it like meeting with the King of Pop?
that was the time he looked best. I'm so envy of you!!!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Alan Light says:

He was very nice. We spotted him several times over three days. The first time we didn't have our camera with us, so we started carrying it around with us. We spotted him at night walking around the dolphin pond, just by himself with this boy, Jimmy Safechuck. We stood by them as they watched the dolphins and then I asked if he would pose for a picture. He said sure, but wanted to move farther away from the hotel so as not to attract attention. So as we walked a bit farther from the buiilding he said "I'd be in trouble if they knew I was out here by myself" which we took to mean some sort of security people he had snuck out on. He posed for several pictures with us, then posed for the picture you see above. They are fans from England and he gave the girl an autograph and told her that he would be in concert there soon and also wrote down some information about who she could contact to get free tickets to come see him. My friend also asked for an autograph but didn't have any paper, so he handed Michael a dollar bill. Michael said he couldn't sign money becaue that's illegal and he could get in trouble, so my friend went off into the hotel and found a piece of hotel stationery, which Michael signed. He was very nice.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

SupermanOakley says:

I am very envious of you. Such an amazing opportunity you had here, I could only be so lucky.
What an awesome occurrence this must have been. :)
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

JudithBlogger says:

Lovely story.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

ambrosia2009 says:

Gosh he was always a snappy dresser! And I hear he was always nice to his fans.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

lilylillylillie says:

Your story makes me want to cry, the way he treated his fans... I believe if he could, he'd tell every fan to get in on the show for free, that's what kind of a person Michael truly was and that's how I want to remember him. Thank you for sharing!
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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