Jackson was burned while singing for a Jackson commercial in 1995 . Jackson apparently collapsed in his home in Los Angeles on Thursday and was taken by ambulance to UCLA Medical Center . His skin condition , vitiligo , causes a person to lose melanin , the pigment in skin . Randy Phillips collapsed in 1984 from apparent dehydration and low blood pressure . More rumors emerged in 1995 that Jackson had skin cancer , but were discredited .
Jackson was burned while singing for a Jackson commercial in 1995 . His skin condition , vitiligo , causes a person to lose melanin , the pigment in skin . Randy Phillips collapsed in 1984 from apparent dehydration and low blood pressure . More rumors emerged in 1995 that Jackson had skin cancer , but were discredited .