When I first met Michael Jackson at a New Jersey amusement park this unassuming sweet kid was so humble that I thought he was the boyfriend of the gal who played Alice in The Wiz on Broadway. When he told me sweetly and without rancour "I am not her boyfriend" i later learned he was playing the role of The Tin Man and he was part of The Jackson Five. A few months later, he approached me and asked me to photograph him with Caroline Kennedy and her Mom, Jackie O. I told him it wasn't a good picture and I would ask them to pose with him. He declined shyly and assured me that the photo I took was fine. Years later Jackie had approached him when she was working for Doubleday for a book she wanted to edit sbout his life story. At this time at the Rainbow Room she may not have been aware of his existence.
You mentioned that you thought he was the boyfriend of the girl who played Alice in the Wiz. Do you mean Dorothy (Stephanie Mills)? That's interesting that he said he wasn't her boyfriend as Mills has long claimed that they were briefly boyfriend/girlfriend. Thanks for any clarification you can offer.
ReplyDeleteNot Stephanie you mean Diana Ross in the wiz dude lol
Deletebeautiful story. thanks for sharing it.
ReplyDelete@rsinger40... I guees it was Diana Ross who played Dorothy in wiz!
I'd like to correct myself, Mills played at broadway and Ross stared in a Motown Film.
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