Posted on Sep 27, 2014

This Is How Michael Jackson Might Have Looked If He Never Had Plastic Surgery

In 1985, Ebony magazine imagined how he and a few other stars might look in the year 2000 with some ridiculous photoshopping. Not even close, Ebony.

by Rachel Zarrell

BuzzFeed News Reporter

h/t Imgur (though the wrong magazine is cited)

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This Is How Michael Jackson Might Have Looked If He Never Had Plastic Surgery

In its August 1985 issue, Ebony magazine attempted to look into the future and imagine how some stars would age, with pretty inaccurate results. Here's Michael Jackson:

Of course, here's what he really looked like:

Here's their creepy depiction of Webster star Emmanuel Lewis. And that's him in 2002 on the right.

This is how they imagined basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. A little optimistic about the hair it seems.

And The Facts Of Life star Kim Fields. NOT EVEN CLOSE, EBONY.

In conclusion: Aging is weird.

This Is How Michael Jackson Might Have Looked If He Never Had Plastic Surgery

In its August 1985 issue, Ebony magazine attempted to look into the future and imagine how some stars would age, with pretty inaccurate results. Here's Michael Jackson:

Of course, here's what he really looked like:

Here's their creepy depiction of Webster star Emmanuel Lewis. And that's him in 2002 on the right.

This is how they imagined basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. A little optimistic about the hair it seems.

And The Facts Of Life star Kim Fields. NOT EVEN CLOSE, EBONY.

In conclusion: Aging is weird.

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