STARS REMEMBER JACKSON IN GEST TRIBUTE
WHITNEY HOUSTON and SMOKEY ROBINSON have opened up about MICHAEL JACKSON a year after his death - for a new TV tribute created by the KING OF POP’ s best pal, DAVID GEST.
Gest has grilled members of the Jackson family as well as the Thriller legend’s pals Robinson, Houston, Dionne Warwick and Petula Clark for his four-hour ‘popumentary’, The Real Michael Jackson.
The show includes an interview with Jackson’s eldest sister Rebbie, who discusses the singer’s alleged pill addiction, while his beloved mum Kat herine pays a touching tribute to her son.
Gest explains, "I have spent the past three months travelling the world interviewing people who were most important in (Jackson’s) life. I belie ve this popumentary will entertain and educate in equal measures about wh o the real Michael Jackson was. I hope this will serve as a lasting testa ment to the compassion and love that he had for all mankind." The special is due for release in June (10), a year after the superstar died from a cardiac arrest last summer (09). A broadcast date has not ye t been confirmed.
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