What does the previously unseen footage of Michael Jackson posted by US Weekly show?
Us Weekly has posted previously unseen footage of Michael Jackson’s accidental burning during a 1984 Pepsi ad shoot. The material is of extremely high quality, and it is actually quite harrowing to watch the superstar’s hair catch fire — particularly as Jackson continues to dance for several seconds, oblivious to what has happened. All in all, it’s not the way many people would want to remember the King of Pop. But it is perhaps worth noting that Pepsi later settled with Jackson to the tune of $1.5 million and that Jackson then donated the money to the burn unit of the Brotman Medical center in Culver City, CA, Entertainment Weekly reports. Also, the raw footage shot for a Pepsi commercial on Jan. 27, 1984 at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium and obtained by Us Magazine, shows Jackson descending a flight of stairs when the pyrotechnics on stage go off early and engulf the singer’s head in flames. At first Jackson – wearing a sequined shirt, jacket and signature glove – continues to dance
