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DATE: THURSDAY, December 30, 1993                   TAG: 9312300249
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PEOPLE

Michael Jackson is being sued for $20 million by the promoters of his "Dangerous" tour who say his drug addiction wrecked his ability to perform.

Court papers, filed Tuesday in a state court in Los Angeles, named morphine and Demerol as the entertainer's addictions. They said his shows in Singapore and Bangkok were canceled because of his drug use - not the publicized migraine and dehydration - and faulted him for not warning them of the investigations into sex-abuse allegations that could have hurt the tour.

A separate suit against Jackson has been filed by Peter Georgi, who accuses the pop star of causing him millions in losses by breaching a television and merchandising deal to benefit a charity, the Children's Peace Foundation.

Calls to Jackson's lawyers weren't immediately returned.

Billy Ray Cyrus, 31, married Leticia Finley, 26, Tuesday at his Franklin, Tenn., home.

Cyrus wore blue jeans and a torn sweat shirt; Finley, a dress over a catsuit. They've been dating since 1991 and have a 1-year-old. She also has a 6-year-old girl.

Comedian Rodney Dangerfield, 72, married Malibu, Calif., florist Joan Child, 42, at a Las Vegas chapel Sunday; and last week, actress Rosanna Arquette wed restaurant owner Johnny Sidel.

Roger Clinton, 37, says he plans to marry "soon, someday soon," but the White House says the president's brother and his girlfriend, Molly Martin, 25, of Dallas, have no imminent wedding plans.

Actor Tony Danza, 42, was injured Tuesday in a skiing accident about 50 miles east of Salt Lake City, where he's hospitalized.

"They are doing a bunch of tests and they really don't know exactly what his injuries are at this point," according to a spokesman, who said Wednesday that Danza is conscious.



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