Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket refers to the red jacket worn by Michael Jackson in the "Michael Jackson's Thriller" video in 1983. On June 27, 2011, the jacket sold for $1.8 million at Julien's Auctions. The buyer, Milton Verret, described the jacket as "the greatest piece of rock and roll memorabilia in history". The jacket was designed by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, wife of director John Landis. She had also designed Indiana Jones's jacket in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", among other things. The red jacket was noted for its V shaped black stripes, the unusual style of
Leave Me Alone (Michael Jackson song) and Spain. "Leave Me Alone" was generally well received by critics. In the music video, Jackson pokes fun at the rumors about him. The video was the recipient of a Grammy Award in 1990 for Best Music Video. The song was never performed on any of Jackson's tours. "Leave Me Alone" was a response to negative rumours about Jackson that frequently appeared in the media and tabloids post-1985 after the success of "Thriller." Beginning in 1986, the tabloids began to publish rumours about Jackson, one of the first being a story claiming that Jackson slept in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber