Wylie Draper (MJ in ’American Dream’) .

Wylie Hughes Draper Jr. was born May 5 1969 in West Virginia. His claim to fame was when he portrayed the older and successful Michael Jackson in the TV drama ’American Dream’. He had a small role in another television film “The disappearance of Christina“, was a dancer in Michael Jackson’s video “Remember the time“ and another dancer in the cable show “The Red Shoe Diaries“, which aired after his death. Around 1993 Wylie was diagnosed as having a rare form of Leukemia, it is not known how long he battled illness or how he battled the disease, but what is known is that Wylie a talented young man with a bright future ahead of him was taken way too soon. He died December 20th 1993 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 24, with very little media fanfare. #americandream #wyliedraper #mj #kingofpop #michaeljackson #tribute