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Michael’s response to Antonietta:

Thank you for your testimony. May God always
bless you and Daniele.
Michael Jackson
http://mjthekingofpop.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/lastoria-di-daniele/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRaefK4JNv8
The girl-now-woman Kelley Parker, who worked with
Michael on Smooth Criminal” (1988)
Q) How did you feel making the video?
A) It was the most incredible experience of my life!
Without a doubt, it changed the course of my life.
Michael and I became great friends. He was always
pushing me to be better and teaching me about the
artistic process.
To have someone of his creative genius take
the time to
teach you at
the age of 10 is
like getting the
winning lotto
ticket, and I
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have always
known how fortunate I was to have had that experience. Michael never once treated me as a kid, always as
an
equal,
and as a
professional. I
imagine
it was
because
he was
in the business
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as a kid so he
knew what it felt like to be on set with huge expectations for you to deliver a performance. The pressure
is the same whether you are an adult or a kid, and
Michael always respected that.

And Ngoc Linh a 13-year-old girl who won a Pepsisponsored singing contest to become one of five
Vietnamese teens sent to Thailand for a chance to
perform with the King of Pop on his 1993 Dangerous
World Tour in Bangkok.

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The first time she saw Jackson, he was driving by
and waving to the kids from a Tuk -Tuk (motorized
rickshaw).
“It was just a few seconds, but that made us very
happy,” said Linh.
Linh was chosen that day as one of only four kids
who would perform alongside Jackson on stage.
She and a Thai child were scheduled to perform the
first night.
In the evening, Linh and the other kids introduced
themselves at a press conference.
“I was extremely nervous... I felt happy and proud
when they asked me many interesting questions and
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