The following email was originally posted on August 30, 2018
As I previously mentioned, after my post on June 25 regarding Michael Jackson and the videos including the one from the concert at Wembley Stadium in 1988, I received a very nice email from one of my classmates regarding his own encounter with Michael at that very same Wembley Stadium concert. My classmate has graciously consented to allow me to share his email and so I have done so below. Reading Gregory's email made me a bit envious and caused me to wonder what other notable encounters with the famous others may have had. If any of you have had such encounters, please feel free to share. Some of us are consigned to live vicariously through the lives of others, so please do share any encounters with the immortals that you feel comfortable in sharing and allow us mere mortals to live.
Peace,
Everett "Skip" Jenkins
Class of 1975
P.S. My health is fine. There are maintenance issues, as might be expected for a vehicle with this amount of mileage. But, I am still on the Hinohara plan ... and it seems to be working.
On Sunday, July 1, 2018, gregory speck wrote:
Dear Skip,Thanks so much for sending the three videos of Michael Jackson, which I finally had a chance to watch just now. I think the first one took place in Kuala Lumpur, which I toured as the guest of Malaysia in celebration of their 50th anniversary of leaving the British Empire.The second one at Wembley Stadium outside London I actually attended on July 16, 1988 as invited press, and it was thrilling. I took along the legendary agent Milton Goldman of ICM, who had never been to a rock concert until that evening.After the spectacular show a few of us were invited to meet Michael in a little stage set of a medieval castle, where the King of Pop was so shy and bashful one could hardly believe he could create such a magnetic persona for his performances.I happened to enter the city of Jackson, Mississippi while on a tour of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Natchez, Vicksburg, Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, and Biloxi at the very moment of his death in Los Angeles, too.I was sorry to hear of your medical problems, and hope that they can be treated and cured. At this age many of us are having health problems, and in fact I had cataract surgeries in May, which thankfully restored my distance vision to perfection.Best wishes,Gregory SpeckOn Monday, June 25, 2018 6:33 PM, Skip Jenkins wrote:
For some (Don McLean, for example), the Day the Music Died was when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson were killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. But for many of us the Day the Music Died was much more recently. For many of us, the Day the Music Died was June 25, 2009 -- the day that Michael Jackson died.In celebration of African American Music Appreciation Month and in remembrance of the best selling African American Music artist of all-time, I offer the following three videos. The first was the one which electrified the television viewing audience in 1983 with a dance routine which seemed to defy physicsthe second is a live performance from some 30 years ago that shows Michael at his peakand the last is a montage of Michael performing the song that may be his most lasting message songEnjoy, Remember, and Reflect.Peace,Everett "Skip" JenkinsClass of 1975
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