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Wacko Man

One other quirk about the singer was his strange items of purchase. He was the maker of his own reputation, but the tabloids didn't help.  Sometime during the 1980s, magazines were running odd tales about Michael Jackson and his hobbies. For instance, it was rumored for a long time that he tried to buy the bones of “Elephant Man” Joseph Merrick. Tabloids called him “Wacko Jackson.” 

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