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He was one of the best performers we’ve ever had. ‘In the end, the scorn, the cruelty, the vicious meanness - these are the things that took his life. He produced the television special Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration in 2001, which was the last reunion of Michael Jackson and the Jacksons coming 17 years after their previous reunion. Gest founded the American Cinema Awards Foundation in 1983. Liza thinks she knows what killed her friend. David Alan Gest ( April 12, 2016) was an American producer and television personality. I knew all his girlfriends including Lisa Marie who became his wife.’ She said she wasn’t ready to commit right now. So I said: “Let’s rehearse,” and that’s what we did. I asked him what he was going to say and he didn’t know. He came to show me the ring he’d bought for her. ‘I remember he was going with this girl and he was so in love with her. But then other people jumped on the bandwagon.’
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‘What everyone forgets is that, when kids stayed at Neverland, their parents came, too. “It is,” I replied, “and that’s why you need to involve your lawyer.” But he wouldn’t. Natalie Cole sang 'Unforgettable' as Minnelli went down the aisle. The pair wed at the Marble Collegiate Church in New York City with Elizabeth Taylor as Minnelli's maid of honor and Michael Jackson serving as best man. ‘When he’d finished his story, I remember pausing and then saying: “Michael, maybe you should tell your lawyer about this.” He said: “But it’s insane.” So I repeated my advice. Minnelli and Gest married in 2002 in an incredibly expensive and elaborate ceremony, according to E Online. 'Michal Jackson was a supremely gifted human being, but he didn't survive because he'd never been taught the rules of the game' Then, one day, the father in one of those families called up Michael and said, “Unless you give me $30,000, I’m going to tell everyone you made a pass at my son.” And that’s when Michael called me. ‘Eventually, he distanced himself from his family, created this wonderful place - Neverland - for kids and supported different families. Michael was used and abused almost from the time he was born. But, when they started making money for their father, that was it. The family’s religion means the children weren’t even meant to be in show business. She claims MJ didn't stop her from marrying the 'idiot,' so. ‘Michael’s life was precisely the one dictated by his father. Liza Minnelli has been down the aisle a time (or 4), and she blames Michael Jackson for her last failed marriage to David Gest in 2002. ‘He and his brothers and sisters were forced to rehearse round the clock while other kids were playing basketball. ‘He was a supremely gifted human being but he didn’t survive, in my opinion, because he’d never been taught the rules of the game,’ says Liza. But she’s happy to recollect the Michael she knew.
LIZA MINELLI MICHAEL JACKSON TRIAL
She refuses to be drawn on the upcoming trial for involuntary manslaughter of Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray. ‘But there’s not a day,’ she says, ‘when I don’t think of Michael.’ When she married music producer David Gest in London in 2002 (more of him in a moment), she was attended by Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and - bizarrely - Martine McCutcheon.