Michael calls heart-transplant patient Donna Ashlock

Michael Jackson phones Donna Ashlock, a fourteen-year-old heart-transplant patient from Patterson, California, after learning that she is a devoted fan.

According to Adrian Grant’s chronology, Michael wishes her well and invites her to visit him at the Encino family home when she is feeling better. The event belongs to the quieter humanitarian side of the mid-1980s timeline: personal gestures to sick children and fans that often happened alongside his very public charity work.

This page should eventually be expanded with stronger independent sourcing, any available local press references and details of Donna’s later visit to Encino.