In commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Jackson, Trumbull Island spoke to a friend who got to know the Jackson family quite well at a crucial time in their career, when young bebs were becoming young men, with another destined to remain forever young. Phil, 63, lives in Boston and prefers to speak on the phone, so we called him up for this interview. But he wrote us a short message awhile back which we have excerpted here. Stay tuned for the rest.
hi pal— i left new haven on april first 1969- i was 22 years and 6 days old- i drove to la in a 4 on the floor chevy camaro – when i got to l.a. i couldn’t find my brother rt away so the first thing i did was see a film, the heart is a lonly hunter starring allen arkin and sandra lock from the pen of a 23 year old named carson mccullers—– about a month after getting to hollywood i met in a ben franklin restrant a guy named richard mac scott who was the manager for the new kids on the block— when i met him he was personell assistant to berry gordy— he found me the house i rented for 8 hundred a month at 1601 queens road…
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