People: Nov. 18, 1996

THE KING OF POP'S HAVING A GLOVE CHILD

Which would be worse: Having a dad who wears mascara or having LaToya as your aunt? MICHAEL JACKSON, whose life must be considered one of the most bizarre of the 20th century, is going to be a father. Exactly how this happened is unclear. The mother, DEBBIE ROWE, 37, a longtime friend of Jackson's (snapped here attending a play with him in April), was reported in the London tabloid News of the World as saying she had been artificially inseminated, but Jackson denies this. He also insists she isn't being paid for carrying...

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