I used to believe that both Madonna and Michael Jackson were dead when I was a kid in the early 90s. I thought that every concert and video I saw of them on TV were old and that you could only get that influential after death (for me they were in the same category as Elvis).
A childhood belief about pop stars

others believed things like this
- I watched a Michael Jackson music video with my brother, and we were convinced he was a woman.— Adrian
- I really, truly thought that Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson were the same person. Anon
- When I was younger I always imagined Madonna and Micheal Jackson would get married.— munky
- i used to believe i looked exactly like michael jackson when he dance - when i was jumping.— sandy.
- I used to believe that Michael Jackson and Nancy Kerrigan were the same person. No idea why.— Diana
- I used to believe Michael Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne, and Marilyn Manson were women.— TRANSGENDER