POP/ROCK - Oct. 19, 1987

Michael Jackson’s repeated denials that he’s had plastic surgery have been refuted--by his mother. Katherine Jackson told US magazine that she didn’t understand why Michael had a nose job and had a cleft put in his chin. She also said that Michael suggested that she submit to the plastic surgeon’s knife but that she wasn’t interested. Other suggestions from the Ungloved Son: “He helps me choose my clothes. He tells me to put lipstick on when company is coming. He has encouraged me to lose weight. He said, ‘Elizabeth (Taylor) lost all that weight. If she has, you can.’ ”