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The Silence Truth writes:
Michael Jackson visits 5-year old Leslie Robinette at a hospital, after she had undergone a bone-marrow transplant, leaving her with post-surgery depression; the patient has later on credited the famous visitor in person and publicly with enhancing her the will to live.
MJTHEBEST.com Investigates….
We found this picture…
An old photograph shows Michael Jackson visiting Leslie Robinette in the hospital in Seattle, Washington, in 1973. Robinette, now 42, of Greeneville, Tenn., was hospitalized as a child with aplastic anemia
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The Silence Truth writes:
Michael Jackson visits 5-year old Leslie Robinette at a hospital, after she had undergone a bone-marrow transplant, leaving her with post-surgery depression; the patient has later on credited the famous visitor in person and publicly with enhancing her the will to live.
MJTHEBEST.com Investigates….
We found this article
Leslie Robinette was 6 years old when she first met Michael Jackson. An ailing little girl with barely any hair and a swollen stomach, Robinette suffered then, as now, from aplastic anemia caused by the genetic disease fanconi anemia, which she describes as being “like a little Pac-Man going after all your bone marrow.”
Jackson was only 15. Robinette now believes he must have been more nervous than she was.
In 1973, she and her family went to Seattle, where she stayed in Seattle Children’s Hospital – then The Children’s Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center. Robinette received a bone marrow transplant, which at the time was an experimental surgery. She was one of the youngest to ever have the procedure. She went through chemotherapy, radiation and an ever-changing plethora of medications. But worst of all, she was kept in isolation for three months.
She spoke to her sisters through walkie-talkies, and only her mother was allowed in the room. Doctors told the family they had done all they could do, but her condition just wasn’t improving.
Leslie Robinette Today
“After you go through all of that, you just get tired and want to go home; you kind of give up the fight,” Robinette said.
She listened to her favorite group, The Jackson 5, on a sterilized record player doctors allowed her to have.
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Ben is a number-one hit song written by Don Black and Walter Scharf and recorded by Michael Jackson for the Motown label in 1972.
Originally written for Donny Osmond, “Ben” was offered to Jackson as Osmond was on tour at the time and unavailable for recording.
The single, theme of a 1972 film of the same name (the sequel to the 1971 killer rat movie Willard), spent one week at the top of the U.S. pop chart. It also reached number-one on the Australian pop chart, spending eight weeks at the top spot. The song also later reached a peak of number seven on the British pop chart.
The song became the first of 13 number-one pop hits for Jackson in the United States and his first number-one as a solo artist; it was later included on Jackson’s album of the same name.
“Ben” won a Golden Globe for Best Song. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1973; Jackson performed the song in front of a live audience at the ceremony.
Although Jackson had already become the youngest artist to ever record a number-one (“I Want You Back” with The Jackson 5, in 1970), “Ben” made him the third-youngest solo artist, at fourteen, to score a number-one hit single.
Only Stevie Wonder, who was thirteen when “Fingertips, Pt. 2″ went to number one, and Donny Osmond, who was months shy of his fourteenth birthday when “Go Away Little Girl” hit number one in 1971 were younger.
Click Here to see all the SONGS recorded with MOTOWN
Source: Wiki
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Lookin’ Through the Windows The Jackson 5
Label: Motown
Billboard Debut Date: June 3, 1972
Billboard Peak: #7
Billboard Weeks: 33
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Read this MJ Charity Fact…
On Christmas Day, 1972, in Los Angeles, California, the 14 year old singer and the Jackson 5, dressed as Santas, make their appearance at a foundation, to visit and offer presents – on behalf of their record company, Motown – to 700 underprivileged children. During that season, the Jackson 5 perform some Christmas songs during a benefit concert at the “Foundation for the Junior Blind” for 1000 visually impaired children.
So MJtheBest.com did some investigating…
We found an article in Ebony Jnr where they write an article/interview on the Jackson 5. J5 talk about the above charity event. Read Below…
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This is an expert from the middle of the article… “Anyone who knows about The Jackson Five should know that the popular singing group sells many records and therefore, earns large sums of money. The brothers could easily afford to show their love for family and friends at Christmastime by spending their money on expensive gifts. But The Jackson Five know well enough that money can not buy friends. They also know that a warm and friendly smile can often better express their love for others than an expensive gift. Each of the Jackson brothers is very menoly and engoys meeting their fans. They enjoy doing benefit shows.”
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Jackie Jackson was the debut album from Jackie Jackson
Side A
- “Love Don’t Want To Leave” (The Corporation, Christine Yarian)
- “It’s So Easy” (The Corporation)
- “Thanks To You” (Bea Verdi, Christine Yarian)
- “You’re The Only One” (The Corporation)
- “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)” (Thom Bell, William Hart)
Side B
- “Do I Owe” (The Corporation, Christine Yarian)
- “Is It Him Or Me” (The Corporation, Christine Yarian)
- “In My Dreams” (The Corporation, Christine Yarian)
- “One And The Same” (The Corporation, Christine Yarian)
- “Bad Girl” (Berry Gordy, William Robinson)
Released – 1973, Genre – R&B/Pop, Length – 10 Tracks, Label – Motown, Producer – The Corporation, Berry Gordy
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Jermaine Jackson became the second member of the Jackson 5 to get engaged, but this time the circumstances involved the group more closely. On December 15, 1973, Jermaine married Hazel Gordy, the only daughter of Motown boss Berry Gordy. The lavish wedding was compared by some to the recent royal wedding of British Princess Anne, and was proclaimed “the wedding of the century” by Ebony magazine.
Katherine Jackson had left the family home a month earlier, distressed by her husband’s ongoing extra-marital affairs. She came back in time for the wedding, and put on her game face for the occasion, leaving most of the guests unaware of the reality behind the matter.
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REMOVE THAT SCARF! YOUR HANDSOME!
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