Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, July 4, 1994 TAG: 9407040003
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The 38-year-old Green Bay, Wis., woman changed her name to show support for the pop star, who has been fighting allegations he sexually molested a 13-year-old boy. She also quit her job to be a full-time fan.
"I was just behind him all the way. The way he is with supporting kids - I don't believe it," she said of the allegations.
She wore her Michael Jackson Fan Club jacket to her Circuit Court hearing Friday. The judge asked no questions, just requested proof that she had published notice for three weeks of her plans to change her name.
Ms. Jackson said she has sent the entertainer a cassette tape and about 75 letters offering sympathy in the last 10 months. She also spends much of her time painting portraits of him, keeping some and sending him the others.
She has 42 paintings of him covering the walls of her home.
Jackson has never acknowledged her gifts or letters.
Bass player Bill Wyman's departure from the Rolling Stones hasn't left the group shattered.
After three decades of playing alongside him, drummer Charlie Watts said the new man in the rhythm section - Darryl Jones - fits right in.
Jones, who worked with Sting, Miles Davis and Whitney Houston, played on most of the Stones' upcoming "Voodoo Lounge" album.
The Stones announced a new world tour in May.
by CNB