Power recalls 1988 interview with Jackson

โ€œSADDENED, very saddened,โ€ said Limerick businessman Vincent Power, this week, when asked about his reaction to the sudden death of king of pop Michael Jackson.

Power, a former journalist with the Irish Examiner Group, was the only reporter to have interviewed Jackson during his 1988 concerts at Pairc Ui Chaoimh, Cork.

โ€œI had followed the tour to London where I struck up a friendship with Jacksonโ€™s manager when staying at the Mayfair Hotel, and it was he who arranged the Cork interview for me.

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โ€œI spent about 20 minutes with Jackson and was privileged to have gained access to his dressingroom. He was very friendly and spoke freely with me in a one-to-one situationโ€.

A total of 120,000 fans attended two sell-out concerts in Cork.