A lock of charred hair from the Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial is going to be made into a diamond.
Producer Ralph Cohen scooped up the hair immediately after Jackson’s infamous Pepsi failure of 1984. He was working on the set and was the person who put the jacket over Jackson’s head to extinguish the blaze.In a press release, LifeGem, the company that is making the diamond states, “As Jackson was being rushed off the set and to the hospital, Cohen instinctively, picked up the charred lock of hair and put it in his pocket- where it remained undisturbed for 25 years until Jackson's death last month”.
"LifeGem specializes in creating diamonds from locks of hair, our plan is to give people an opportunity to own a diamond made from Michael Jackson's DNA," said Dean VandenBiesen founder of LifeGem. "We are currently evaluating the hair sample to determine how many diamonds can be created. This will be a limited collection and we anticipate great interest."
LifeGem did the same thing with a lock of Beethoven’s hair two years ago. The company has also produced diamonds from the hair of Marilyn Munroe, Lincoln, Kennedy and Einstein.
