Who is this man? - Neatorama

In August of 1985, Ebony magazine printed an article called Portraits of the Stars: What They May Look Like In The Year 2000. The magazine commissioned Chicago artist Nathan Wright to create the pictures. One of the celebrities is a handsome man that looks vaguely familiar.

Michael Jackson: At 40, he will have aged gracefully and will have a handsome, more mature look. In number, his fans will have grown tenfold by the year 2000.

There's something to be said for aging gracefully. Link -via J-Walk Blog

Geez, He looks more like Lionel Ritchie than Michael Jackson.

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This was supposed to be during the thriller time period. Unknowing of the plastic surgery and skin damage he would have later in life.

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Yeah, I would have said Lionel Ritchie.
Love the futuristic 80's outfit.

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Lando Calrissian, is that you?

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Isn't Jheri Curl illegal now?

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I was thinking just that wicket

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that is so sad! he really would have been a gorgeous 50 year old man if things hadn't gone so wrong.

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This got me all choked up

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Lando.
I always said he should have stopped with the first nose job. He would have looked good.
I think the image back then was based on what his father looked like.

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Here's another version, from last year:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1050082/As-turns-50-Michael-Jackson-really-look-like.html

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wow. that was really, really sad.

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I heard somewhere in the media blizt recently that a 'desire to NOT look like his father' is what motivated MJ to get so much plastic surgery.

So perhaps it was all Ebony's fault? Hmm..

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Def Lando!

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MJ would it have been so bad to look like a very attractive Chuck Berry?

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EL DEBARGE!

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That's Billy D. Williams!!!

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I remember reading that article when I was a little girl! Yes, I had a crush on MJ at the time. I wish I could see again all the other celebrities that were featured.

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