The motorcycle policemen were befuddled, but when Jackson stood up in the sun roof and started to wave, the crowd surged forward screaming, they start to form up. He jumps into the limousine by himself with a couple of his security people. He and his guards roared to the limousine parked in front of the VIP lounge. By this time, crowds of fans on the grounds around the airport and from the balconies above us were erupting and screaming. He raced through the crowd with fans screaming from the balconies of the main terminal, charged through the VIP lounge with his bodyguards pushing people out of the way.

He has an affectation of putting his hand to his face like this, which came back to haunt him.ДЄs he brushed past, I tried to introduce him to the PresidentвЂ™s daughter, who was the Foreign Minister. He had on a wide brimmed hat with hair streaming out underneath so you could barely see his face.

He had a red shirt and black pants and he wore white gloves. When he finally raced down the ramp, he looked like Mickey Mouse. The understanding was that he would come down to the VIP lounge and spend a little time with the presidentвЂ™s family, schmooze and then leave in a limousine the President had laid on for him. One of his security men finally went up and assured him that everything was fine. He was apparently enthralled about coming home to Africa and hesitated at leaving the aircraft. They hoped for a photo opportunity with the great entertainer. First, there was an endless delay for Jackson to deplane, and it seemed the PresidentвЂ™s entire family including all their kids, were waiting in the VIP lounge. The visit began to unravel from the moment JacksonвЂ™s plane landed. IвЂ™ve known Irv for many years, and he seemed bewildered as to the purpose of the trip and his role. The party was accompanied Irv Hicks, an old AF hand, as the State liaison person. He arrived in his own chartered 737 aircraft.Д®verybody on the plane was an African-American except for one English fellow who was a holistic healer from the Caribbean. It was the most extraordinary visit that one could ever possibly imagine. So, Michael Jackson assembled a group of people, and they worked up an itinerary to Africa. BongoвЂ™s son Ali had had friends in the entertainment industry in the United States and he extended an invitation to Michael Jackson to come to Gabon. Apparently, he had been doing a music video about Egypt in which he played a young pharaoh, when the idea of visiting Africa seized him. The most bizarre was the visit of Michael Jackson, the great Michael Jackson. WAUCHOPE: I should say a word about some of the prominent visitors Gabon hosted in the last six months of my tour. вЂњThe visit began to unravel from the moment JacksonвЂ™s plane landedвЂќ Read other FSOвЂ™s dealings with celebrities. He was interviewed by Charles Stuart Kennedy starting March 2002. Wauchope, recalls the time he had this brush with fame. The Ambassador to Gabon at the time of JacksonвЂ™s visit, Keith L. In 1992, following the production of his music video for Remember the Time in which he appeared as an entertainer for a pharaoh, Michael Jackson went on a tour of Africa, starting in Gabon. He also produced the best-selling album of all time ( Thriller in 1982) and is the most awarded recording artist in the history of popular music. He had a prolific music career, in which he revolutionized the music video and popularized dance techniques such as the robot and, more famously, the moonwalk. Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, lived from Augand died June 25, 2009.

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