Michael Jackson at 40

Barney Hoskyns, The Independent, August 1998

I’LL CONFESS I’m shocked that Michael Jackson has reached the ripe old age of 40. More shocked, indeed, than by the fact that Keith Richards and Iggy Pop have cruised comfortably past the half-century mark.

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