The thing that is news to a lot of is that just like Michael Jackson, this brotha, whose name is Wylie Draper, is no longer here with us either. He sadly passed away at a very young age soon after the Jacksons mini series aired on television. He had no clue that his days were numbered at the time that he was filming the ’92 movie, but we now know that he soon learned that they were.

Wylie Hughes Draper Jr. was born May 5 1969 in West Virginia. He seemed destined for stardom from the very start, at the age of ten Wylie’s brother Deasmond would throw parties at a local skating rink where Wylie would dance like Michael Jackson often becoming the main attraction at the party!

Wylie grew his focus from the arts shifted and as a teen he became a football player at Northside high school, but he changed his focus again back to the arts his Sophomore year. But he passed away…

After graduating college, Wylie auditioned and won the role as adult Michael Jackson in the television film “The Jacksons an American dream”.

Sadly he would pass away one year later he died from a rare form of leukemia on December 20, 1993. Wylie passed away without much “fanfare”, but many of us did enjoy the one of the first movies depicting Micheal Jackson, so we thank you for blessing us with your talents.

R.I.P.

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[su_quote cite=”kdvr.com” url=”http://kdvr.com/2015/06/25/is-that-michael-jackson-doing-the-moonwalk-in-clouds-during-lightning-storm/”]GOOCHLAND, Va. — Six years after his untimely death, Michael Jackson made an appearance in the skies over central Virginia.

The combination of clouds and light created an image that appeared — to some — to look like the King of Pop. The image was captured over Goochland County, Va., during a June 23 lightning storm. Jackson died on June 25, 2009.

Photographer John Plashal said he was unaware of the Jackson imagery when he first submitted photos to the WTVR CBS 6 Facebook page after the storm. He said a storm chaser app, not a higher calling, compelled him to set up his camera outside Satterwhite’s Restaurant in Goochland where took several photos of the lightning storm.

“The image that you see of Michael Jackson just happens to be there,” Plashal said.

He insisted he added nothing to the photo.

“It’s pretty wild,” he said.

Plashal, 45, said he was a fan of Michael Jackson and said he particularly recalled how the music video for Thriller changed MTV. He also said Jackson’s death six years ago was one of those “I know where I was” moments.

“I was at the pool with friends. My friend got a text that Michael Jackson had just died,” Plashal said. “He was an icon.”

Plashal said his 17-year-old daughter Caroline is also a Jackson fan and would be thrilled to know her father’s photo has caused such a stir.[/su_quote]

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