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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, February 11, 1993                   TAG: 9302110193
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 7   EDITION: METRO 
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PEOPLE

Pop megastar Michael Jackson revealed he has a disorder that destroys his skin pigmentation and insisted he had "very little" plastic surgery during a live television interview with Oprah Winfrey on Wednesday.

In his first solo interview in nearly a decade, Jackson said he regrets working through his childhood and that he was beaten by his father. He also assailed some news stories about him as "garbage."

Responding to another oft-repeated question, he said he had a little plastic surgery, a minor procedure to his nose but no alterations to the rest of his face.

Jackson defended his frequent crotch-grabbing during dance movements in concerts by saying "it happens subliminally."

In other revelations:

Jackson said actress and good friend Elizabeth Taylor first came up with his "King of Pop" title.

He doesn't like going out to date, but a female friend does come to his "Neverland" ranch.

He admitted he had a crush on singer Diana Ross and dismissed a question about whether he was a virgin. "You can call me old-fashioned if you want," he said.

Taylor appeared on the live telecast to declare that Jackson "is the least weird man I've ever known."

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