Michael Jackson's Friend & Former Promoter Remembers Their Last Conversation (VIDEO)

Life wasn't roses all of the time for Michael Jackson, but he performed in a way that none of us will soon, if ever forget. This is part-3 in our special 4-part series.

Michael Jackson earlier in his career.

(MONTREAL) - Pete Bennett granted what ended up being an extremely candid interview about his long-term relationship with the later entertainer Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop."

Pete Bennett & Tim King 2008

Michael Jackson walked a long, hard road to stardom with major pressure from his father and also his brothers, who pushed for the highest level and achieved it, but with a cost that would ultimately spell the end of the band, the "Jackson 5". Pete promoted nothing less than the biggest names in contemporary music history, bands like the Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan just begin the long list. In this interview Pete Bennett discusses the last time he saw Michael Jackson, which he remembered on a positive note. He talks about the demons Michael Jackson fought and beat, and the toll it took on this man who couldn't even go to court without major security to protect him from raving fans. Life wasn't roses all of the time for Michael Jackson, but he performed in a way that none of us will soon, if ever forget. Here is the link to Part 1 in this special four-part series: Michael Jackson's Promoter Pete Bennett Talks Openly About Late Star (VIDEO) - Tim King Salem-News.com Here is the link to Part 2: Promoter for Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney and the Stones Discusses Star Performer's Recent Death (VIDEO) - Tim King Salem-News.com Here is the link to Part 4: Longtime Friend Pete Bennett Bids Farewell to Michael Jackson, King of Pop We greatly appreciate the opportunity to be able to visit with a world level personality and personal friend of Michael Jackson's like rock promoter Pete Bennett. This is Part-3 in our Special Four-Part Series that is being launched each day consecutively beginning 7-1-09. Video

More on Pete Bennett from Salem-News.com: Legendary Promoter Pete Bennett Brings Rock Stars to Oregon: Up Close and Personal (VIDEO) - Bonnie King Salem-News.com Pete Bennett Presents: An Evening of Classic British Rock and Roll with Denny Laine - Bonnie King Salem-News.com ----------------------------------------------------- Tim King is a former U.S. Marine with twenty years of experience on the west coast as a television news producer, photojournalist, reporter and assignment editor. In addition to his role as a war correspondent, this Los Angeles native serves as Salem-News.com's Executive News Editor.
Tim spent the winter of 2006/07 covering the war in Afghanistan, and he was in Iraq over the summer of 2008, reporting from the war while embedded with both the U.S. Army and the Marines. Tim holds numerous awards for reporting, photography, writing and editing, including the Oregon AP Award for Spot News Photographer of the Year (2004), the first place Electronic Media Award in Spot News, Las Vegas, (1998), Oregon AP Cooperation Award (1991); and several other awards including the 2005 Red Cross Good Neighborhood Award for reporting. Serving the community in very real terms, Salem-News.com is the nation's only truly independent high traffic news Website, affiliated with Google News and several other major search engines and news aggregators.
You can send Tim an email at this address: newsroom@salem-news.com

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A great series Tim much better than anything else coming out of oregon publications !

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