Michael Jackson Death Hoax Investigators
Latest News => Michael Jackson News => Topic started by: corinne on August 24, 2011, 12:48:33 PM
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http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2011/08/24/music-industry-veteran-frank-dileo-dead-at-63
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Apparently Frank Dileo has died. RIP
http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2011/08/24/music-industry-veteran-frank-dileo-dead-at-63
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Yes, I have just posted the same information
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I've just seen on Twitter. Oh my god...
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Yes, I have just posted the same information
Yeah looks like we posted about the same time. lol Sorry about that. Souza can delete this one if she wants.
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Thank you for posting this bad news. Maybe he faked his death too, and is with Michael. Wishful thinking.. May he rest in peace.. May God be with him.
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It is not a problem mdc, excuse me ...
It is the express !
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R.I.P.
(http://i55.tinypic.com/2gufnrs.jpg)
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RIP Frank Dileo
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sad....
R.I.P Frank Dileo
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Hmmm...I don't see this being reported anywhere else...TMZ hasn't posted it either. Will have to wait and see what's going on. If true, my thoughts and prayers go out to Frank and his loved ones.
With L.O.V.E. always.
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R.I.P.
(http://i55.tinypic.com/2gufnrs.jpg)
Great pic....and Uncle Tookie was just 5' 2".... First thing I thought was maybe he faked it too.... Wonder if Michael will go to his funeral ??
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Is that true? Frank has always been important to the world music and for Michael. Even not knowing what kind of relationship they had, is a very sad news! :(
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RIP Frank Dileo! I wonder how Michael is feeling right now! :(
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Oh I am so sorry he died :(
MJ rehired him for This is it, right?
What now :(?
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Hmmm...I don't see this being reported anywhere else...TMZ hasn't posted it either. Will have to wait and see what's going on. If true, my thoughts and prayers go out to Frank and his loved ones.
With L.O.V.E. always.
I can't see it anywhere else either.... Let's see if more will report, his wiki page is not edited either.
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On Twitter:
@fdcascio Frank Cascio
My thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Dileo Family. RIP Frank, you were a great mentor and friend to Michael and me. I will miss you greatly.
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Souza, his Wiki page did say "Died 24th August" about half an hour ago, but I just looked again and it is no longer there! :shock:
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Souza, his Wiki page did say "Died 24th August" about half an hour ago, but I just looked again and it is no longer there! :shock:
I saw that as well...and the death date is gone now...strange.
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I'm sorry RIP
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Do you think this could just be a rumour *coughs* hoax? :?
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Paris doesn't seem to know. Somebody asked her on twitter.
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Do you think this could just be a rumour *coughs* hoax? :?
Let's hope so. I will wait it out for a day or so.
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Should I laugh or cry?
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Do you think this could just be a rumour *coughs* hoax? :?
Let's hope so. I will wait it out for a day or so.
Unfortunately, it seems to be true. :cry: His niece is on twitter:
annamariex0 Anna Marie Drago
This never should of happened
vor 6 Minuten
Anna Marie Drago
annamariex0 Anna Marie Drago
Thank you everyone for your thoughts & prayers..it's such a hard & depressing time
vor 50 Minuten
Anna Marie Drago
annamariex0 Anna Marie Drago
Life isn't fair
vor 2 Stunden
Anna Marie Drago
annamariex0 Anna Marie Drago
vor 3 Stunden
Anna Marie Drago
annamariex0 Anna Marie Drago
Worst day of my life..
vor 4 Stunden
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Rest in Peace, Frank Dileo. My thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Dileo Family.
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Gone too soon! :cry:
My prayers go out to his family.
Michael, I hope you're okay /:
xoxo
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18 years ago today, August 24, 1993, Diane Dimond delivered Breaking News to the public that Michael Jackson had been accused of Child Molestation.
Also, wasn’t it a “fan” that phoned Frank Dileo on his personal cell phone, to alert Frank that Michael has been taken to the hospital the morning of June 25, 2009?
Oh! And the Cardiff Giant tribute tickets went on sale today!
love~
mjintrigue2012
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I guess it's true eventually, right? http://twitter.com/#!/MJTPortrait
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Can someone plz posted content of very 1 link- its cant opens over the phone. Did anyone knows cause of death? My prays is wth his family if that is true8-//. Im in shok...
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Oh my god...my heart just skipped a beat RIP Frank :(
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Here skyways! An article from http://www.nashvillescene.com
Music Industry Veteran Frank Dileo, Dead at 63
Longtime music industry veteran Frank Dileo, who managed Michael Jackson for much of his ’80s heyday and again during the last months of Jackson's life, died at his home in eastern Ohio at age 63, after a long illness. We just heard the news from a family friend, who said she thinks Dileo passed this morning, though the exact time hasn't been verified.
Dileo was the subject of a November 2007 Scene cover piece outlining his storied career. And we mean storied. He worked his way up from the bottom of the music industry to become one of the most powerful men in the biz. During his tenure at Epic Records, he was instrumental in signing or developing the careers of Culture Club, Cyndi Lauper, REO Speedwagon, Quiet Riot, The Clash and of course Jackson. Dileo lived in Nashville briefly in the ’70s and then moved here in January 2007 to start a management business, though he spent much of the last three years in Los Angeles after returning as Jackson's manager, and then handling issues with the late pop singer's estate.
His larger-than-life persona landed him a couple of movie roles, most famously as Tuddy Cicero in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas. Not only did he play the brother to Mafia boss Paulie Cicero, but he was responsible for one of the most legendary mob hits in cinema history, putting a bullet in the back of Joe Pesci's head in the film's climactic scene.
An excerpt from the Scene story, about Dileo's ever-present cigar:
There’s speculation that when he emerged from the womb, 60 years ago last month, Frank Dileo already had a cigar in his mouth. Look at the pictures on his office walls and in his photo albums, and more often than not he’s either holding or chomping on a fat, unlit stogie.
As a mystique-building accessory, those cigars have long since earned their keep. On the wall of Dileo’s Music Row apartment hangs a framed cartoon by the renowned late cartoonist for the London Evening Standard, Raymond Allen Jackson (known as Jak). An enormous lit cigar, so big that four men are holding it, is coming through the front doors of the Mayfair Hotel. The smoker is not yet visible. The caption reads, “I don’t know about Michael Jackson—but here comes his manager.”
Add to the cigar his gold watch, pinkie ring, manicured hands and Music Row-casual attire, and Dileo could be the poster boy for National Dress the Part Week. At 5-foot-2, he looks like he stepped out of Central Casting’s Music Biz Dealmaker file. And whether or not such visual signifiers are essential to success in the music industry, Dileo’s track record—by 21 he was RCA’s national singles director, by 35 one of the most powerful men in the business—proves they certainly don’t hurt.
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Not only sad, but seems suspicious too. Another one close to Mike that died way too young (whether that was as friends or business partners, at least he was involved with TII). It seems too suspicious.
RIP Frank.
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I just wanted to share this with you. I think it's a great pic. With LOVE! RIP!
(http://www.michaeljackson.com/sites/mjackson/files/FDiLeo-MJ.jpg)
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I thought this was a rumor… until now. I don’t know what to say except rest in peace Frank. The way it is going by the time this trial starts, there will be no one left to testify. I don’t know how I feel about that. Poor Frank. I did not know he was so seriously ill. I feel saddened by his passing. Yhe timing :? It has caught me way off guard. pale/
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It's probably just wishful thinking, but since Frank was involved with TII and on board with Sony, maybe he had a role to play in the sting and did he have to 'disappear' for a while. I know that's probably not true, but one can hope, right?
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Are we getting a variety of reports?
Wednesday August 24th 2011
Frank Dileo is fighting for his life in Los Angeles hospitalMichael’s one-time manager Frank Dileo is in a Los Angeles hospital fighting for his life after having heart surgery and subsequently experiencing complications. Sources close to the situation tell that Dileo had bypass surgery on his heart last week and then suffered from complications the next day.
It has been confirmed that Dileo is currently at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, but the status of his recovery is unknown. “Frank scheduled his bypass to be at Cedars, but after suffering the heart attack, he’s taken a turn for the worse. Much of his family is in town right now to be there for him. They’re worried, but of course hoping for the best.” http://www.legendarymichaeljackson.nl/?p=4633
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OK, Just got done calling TMZ with souza, I called the tip line and said I have a tip, The tip is frank dileo passed away, a huge actor and michaels manager and for 3 days now tmz and the media have not reported this but when lindsay lohan farts or queefs we get instant minute by minute details of the smell of her fart and how many people where affected by her fart but michaels manager just died and tmz doesnt report it, she then laughs at me and says yeah that happens with londsay, ok but then i said but frank dileo is dead and tmz doesnt reprt it and she says, YES WE ARE AWARE OF IT, I said ok but why arent you reporting it and she says uhm uhm uhm, we are aware of it, I said I know you are but maybe before we here about another lindsay fart you could report on his death, she giggled and said we are aware thats all i can say.
so there oyu go, this is fishy as hell
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I am totally shocked and speechless! I do not know what to say. :'(
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Well here is another report: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5igui1OdkMGczZZDvSwcC112H3OwA?docId=8ee7845f815847b1819f89c855068608
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It's all over google news now...different outlets reporting it. But something just feels really weird...especially with TMZ's reply. It's like deja vu....the story is very similar to the reports back in April, when Frank had undergone heart surgery and almost died. Strange...
With L.O.V.E. always.
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@ badkolo
What?! :o This is not only weird, it's shocking! What is TMZ waiting for?! What's behind all this?! Another big fat hoax?! Or it's the same one?! :shock:
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I’ve been watching NBC World News Tonight wih Brian Williams. Not a word. Just yesterday he did a piece on Nick Ashford. Something’s strange. suspicious//
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If Frank Dileo indeed died, may he RIP!
With all those who have died on convenient HOAX dates in the last 2 years , I am however really wondering whether the ZOMBIES on the TROPICAL ISLAND just needed a MANAGER before LINDSAY LOHAN's arrival for ... THE THRILLER NIGHT!
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/wCAqpHXWjgKF829pdC31-o9U74uQTPJs2NFckE80FwlsSsgAhdQRx0eTVkf-FPVYGPW4V6RJKN8bHKuRyCOIDZqRWMaU2I-ZTI26dL9Q2pqrPxgQmJs)
With L.O.V.E
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Wikipedia is updated now and I sent a tip to TMZ and they still haven't reported it...somethings up I tell you
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I think we need a little time before we call this apart of the hoax or not.
Until we know the truth, RIP Frank Dileo
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It's probably just wishful thinking, but since Frank was involved with TII and on board with Sony, maybe he had a role to play in the sting and did he have to 'disappear' for a while. I know that's probably not true, but one can hope, right?
Souza; You took the words right out of my mouth; I was thinking the same thing... moonwalk_/
And Badkolo's call to TMZ is very suspicious. IF this is not for real, but for PROTECTION he must know some pretty heavy $h*t.
I'm not sure how to feel about this. TMZ is being too quiet. :-\
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If this is true they will report it on the show tonight.Lets see if they do.
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Frank Dileo managed the King Of Pop career at the height of his reign in fact Jackson called him my other half, my shield of armor.
Frank: Why did he fire me? That’s a good question, but I think it was ah, ah, he fired me because it was politically asked of him. There was an outside record executive with a big time lawyer and one executive at Sony who would like to see Michael’s power cut in half. And by getting rid of me was half the power.
Reference: http://lacienegasmiled.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/supported-michael-jackson-in-1993-and-2002-2005/ (http://lacienegasmiled.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/supported-michael-jackson-in-1993-and-2002-2005/)
This was Phantom of the Opera's first comment under the latest TMZ/Michael Jackson/Estate article. I thought that it fit in quite nicely with this post, as Frank Dileo was Michael's manager during the BAD era!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIn4b7m5RKE&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
Reference: http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/24/michael-jackson-estate-the-bottom-line-reveals-a-bonanza-huge-financial-gains-debt-beatles-catalog-publishing-trust-borrowed-money-elvis/ (http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/24/michael-jackson-estate-the-bottom-line-reveals-a-bonanza-huge-financial-gains-debt-beatles-catalog-publishing-trust-borrowed-money-elvis/)
love~
mjintrigue2012
PS. If indeed Frank Dileo has died, may he R.I.P and my sincere condolences to his family.
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RIP Frank. It wouldn't be too hard to believe he is dead. I mean after all, he has had heart problems in the past and was a lifetime smoker so it doesn't surprise me. however, it is very sad and I can hope he is at peace. It's such a shame to see someone go that young. They are reporting the news all over now. at least from what i'm looking up, but i don't think he would fake his death despite have connections with michael. Just a guy who smoked a lot and had some weight issues. A lot people suffer from heart disease in america. so I don't know if this is false. It would be nice if it is though.
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If Mr Dileo really passed away, this must be a very sad day for Michael. I share your sorrow with you Michael and sending you a big hug. Rest in Peace Frank. I'm just hoping this is a part of the hoax and he is still alive.
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OK, Just got done calling TMZ with souza, I called the tip line and said I have a tip, The tip is frank dileo passed away, a huge actor and michaels manager and for 3 days now tmz and the media have not reported this but when lindsay lohan farts or queefs we get instant minute by minute details of the smell of her fart and how many people where affected by her fart but michaels manager just died and tmz doesnt report it, she then laughs at me and says yeah that happens with londsay, ok but then i said but frank dileo is dead and tmz doesnt reprt it and she says, YES WE ARE AWARE OF IT, I said ok but why arent you reporting it and she says uhm uhm uhm, we are aware of it, I said I know you are but maybe before we here about another lindsay fart you could report on his death, she giggled and said we are aware thats all i can say.
so there oyu go, this is fishy as hell
wtf ? suspicious//
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My heart goes out to the Dileo Family. I just heard yesterday that Nick Ashford died. I was floored when I heard Nick Ashford, now Frank Dileo. I guess it was his heart. Nick Ashford died of throat cancer. These were two famous men. I liked them both. RIP Frank and Nick.
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PS. TMZ is still A TABLOID. we don't know if we should trust them as is, and how can we be so certain hes connected with michael in the first place?
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That will be happening to TMZ that still does not report anything?
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PS. TMZ is still A TABLOID. we don't know if we should trust them as is, and how can we be so certain hes connected with michael in the first place?
some people think they are because tmz reported his death & other things first. & ts redirects to a lot of their articles ;)
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Frank DiLeo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frank DiLeo
Born Frank Michael DiLeo
October 23, 1947
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died August 24, 2011 (aged 63)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Frank Michael DiLeo (October 23, 1947 - August 24, 2011) was an American music industry executive and actor, known for his portrayal of gangster Tuddy Cicero in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas and at one time being Michael Jackson's manager.
Contents [hide]
1 Career
2 Death
3 Filmography
4 References
5 External links
Career
DiLeo, an Italian American, was a native of East Liberty, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1] He began his career in the music industry in the late 1960s, shortly after high school, as a rack jobber (distributing records to retail stores) in Pittsburgh. Following a number of brief, higher-profile jobs, he was hired as a promotion staffer in Cleveland by CBS Records subsidiary Epic Records in 1968. He promoted albums by The Hollies, Donovan and Sly & the Family Stone to local radio stations, and was later promoted to the company's regional office in Chicago.[2] Circa 1969 he was "headhunted" by RCA Records in New York, followed by a stint at Bell Records. After a year with Bell he "retired" from the music business and moved back to Pittsburgh. His return to the music industry was prompted by an "electrical fire" which destroyed his Pittsburgh home, for which his insurance carrier reportedly refused to pay out.
Frederic Dannen described DiLeo as an "outspoken fan" of the controversial record industry practice of using "Indies" (independent record promoters) to promote new singles to radio stations, a system which was widely described as "the new payola" and which by the early 1980s was reportedly costing the major US record labels tens of millions of dollars per year. DiLeo was also a close friend of Hollywood-based record promoter Joe Isgro, one of the leading figures in the shadowy indie group dubbed "The Network", who was alleged to have close ties with the Gambino crime family.[citation needed]
In 1979, CBS Records president Walter Yetnikoff hired his old friend DiLeo to work for Epic Records in New York as Vice President of National Promotion. Overseeing a staff of 65 people and a multi-million dollar budget, Frank helped guide Epic Records from a small $65 million dollar company to a $250 million dollar powerhouse; during this period Epic outperformed its sister label Columbia Records for two years running. Artists signed to Epic included Quiet Riot, REO Speedwagon, Ozzy Osbourne, Gloria Estefan, Luther Vandross, Meat Loaf, Cyndi Lauper, Culture Club and Michael Jackson, among others. He was voted executive of the year for Epic Records, received over 80 gold and platinum awards, and was credited for taking Epic Records from the number fourteen label in the U.S. market to number two.
In 1984, after the record-setting success of his Thriller album, Michael Jackson asked DiLeo to take over as his manager. DiLeo was the executive producer for the full-length movie Moonwalker, wrote and executive produced three Pepsi-Cola commercials (including negotiating a landmark endorsement deal), and eight music videos including the Grammy winning video "Leave Me Alone". DiLeo managed Jackson's Bad World Tour, and the Jackson family's Victory Tour. DiLeo managed Jackson until February 14, 1989 when their business relationship was abruptly terminated, without any public explanation.
DiLeo is referenced in Sheryl Crow's "The Na-Na Song," with the lines "Clarence Thomas organ grinder Frank DiLeo's dong / Maybe if I'd let him I'd have had a hit song."[3] Crow and DiLeo were acquainted when Crow worked as a backup singer on Jackson's Bad tour.[4]
In 2009, The Wall Street Journal reported that DiLeo was once again managing Michael Jackson's career.[5]
DiLeo also managed the careers of Taylor Dayne, Jodeci, Laura Branigan, and Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, and had worked with Prince on several projects.
DiLeo founded Dileo Entertainment Group, a company located in Nashville, Tennessee. The company is focused on managing up and coming artists as well as establishing a publishing company in Nashville. As of May 2011 DiLeo was recovering from a heart attack at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. DiLeo appeared in three major motion pictures. His film credits include GoodFellas, Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2.
Death
Frank DiLeo died on the morning of August 24, 2011 after experiencing complications following heart surgery
HE DID DIE. FROM HEART SURGERY RIP FRANK.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_DiLeo
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awh, :[[[
my prayers are with his friends & family <33
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if it is indeed the truth God Rest His Soul. now what if anything might this mean for michael situation? was he in fact in line to testify?
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I got this link off Michael's FB page:
http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/news/estate-michael-jackson-remembers-frank-dileo (http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/news/estate-michael-jackson-remembers-frank-dileo)
THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL JACKSON REMEMBERS FRANK DILEO As many of you know, Michael’s longtime friend and manager Frank Dileo had been dealing with serious health issues for the past several months. It is with great sadness that we share with you the news that Frank lost his long struggle this morning and passed away at the age of 63.
Frank had an amazing amount of creative energy, a huge heart, an infectious spirit and a larger than life persona that captured the attention of any room he entered. He also cared deeply about Michael, his children and his fans.
Frank and Michael became friends when Frank was vice president for promotion at Epic Records during the release of "Thriller." In his best-selling book "Moonwalk," Michael wrote: "Frank really worked hard and proved to be my right hand during the years ahead. His brilliant understanding of the recording industry proved invaluable."
Frank went on to manage the incredibly successful Bad World Tour. Even after they stopped working together professionally, the bond between Michael and Frank remained and the family friendship continued. In early 2009, Frank was reunited with Michael once again as his manager as preparations began for the "This Is It" concerts.
After Michael’s passing, Frank proved invaluable to the Executors of his Estate, sharing unique insights that nobody else could possibly have.
Said John Branca, Co-Executor of the Michael Jackson Estate: "I had the privilege of knowing Frank Dileo for more than two decades. He was not only one of the great veterans of the music business, he was a beloved friend to me and all who were lucky enough to have had him in their lives. He was one of a kind. He was a character. He was an original. We loved him, and we will miss him. Our hearts are with his family."
Our thoughts and prayers are with Frank’s wife, Linda, his son Dominic, his daughter, Belinda, his grandchildren and all of his extended family and loved ones.
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Here’s another article.
NY Times
August 24, 2011
Frank Dileo, Michael Jackson’s Manager, Dies at 63 By BEN SISARIO
Frank Dileo, the stout, cigar-smoking former bookie who was Michael Jackson’s personal manager during much of his 1980s career peak, died on Wednesday in Pittsburgh. He was 63.
The cause was complications from heart surgery in March, said his wife, Linda.
Mr. Dileo was one of a handful of advisers who shepherded Jackson through world tours, endorsement deals and a visit to the White House. Yet at 5 feet 2 inches tall and more than 200 pounds, his hair in a slick ponytail and rings on his pinkies, he cut an unlikely figure next to the Peter Pan-like Jackson.
“You couldn’t find two more different people,” Mr. Dileo once said. “He won’t eat meat; I’ll run out to get a cheeseburger. I’ll take a drink; he won’t touch the stuff.” He added: “Just look at us — he’s skinny, I’m fat. If we stand next to each other, we look like the number 10.”
From 1979 until Jackson hired him as manager in 1984, Mr. Dileo was vice president for promotion at Epic Records, working with acts like Culture Club, Cyndi Lauper and Quiet Riot. Jackson, who also recorded for Epic, credited Mr. Dileo with the radio campaign that helped make the “Thriller” album a worldwide success.
Released in late 1982, “Thriller” has sold well over 50 million copies, according to most estimates, making it the biggest-selling album ever.
Frank Michael Dileo was born in Pittsburgh on Oct. 23, 1947, and got his start in the music business stocking store shelves with new records. In the late 1960s and ’70s he worked in promotion for record companies in Cleveland, Nashville and New York, pitching songs to radio stations.
He had run-ins with the law. Twice in the late ’70s he was convicted of taking bets on college basketball games. At Epic he supported the use of independent promoters, a system of middlemen between labels and radio stations that was investigated by the federal authorities in the 1980s for payola and links to organized crime.
Mr. Dileo, who was not charged, defended the practice, which continues today.
“There’s not anything dishonest going on,” Mr. Dileo said of independent promotion in “Hit Men,” Fredric Dannen’s 1990 book about corruption in the music industry. “Organized crime?” he added. “There ain’t been organized crime since Capone died.”
As Jackson’s manager, he helped negotiate a 1986 endorsement contract with Pepsi that was reported to be worth more than $10 million. In those days Mr. Dileo drove a black Rolls-Royce, a gift from his employer, with the license plate[blink] “THANXMJJ.”[/blink]
But in early 1989 Jackson fired Mr. Dileo, dissatisfied with the sales of his album “Bad.” (Jackson had wanted to sell 100 million copies of the album, but after a year and a half it had sold only 20 million.)
Mr. Dileo soon got a phone call from Martin Scorsese, who had directed the video for Jackson’s song “Bad,” offering a small role as a Mafioso in his next picture, “GoodFellas.” Mr. Dileo played Tuddy Cicero, who kills Joe Pesci’s character, Tommy. He also appeared with Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in the movies “Wayne’s World” and “Wayne’s World 2,” playing a flashy record executive.
In the 1990s Mr. Dileo continued his career as an artist manager, working with Taylor Dayne, Jodeci and Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi. In 2007 he was named chief executive of ValCom, a film, television and theatrical production company.
Mr. Dileo was reunited with Jackson in 2009 as the singer prepared for a run of comeback concerts in London. He signed on as manager again about a month before Jackson died of an overdose of sedatives on June 25 that year; at the U.C.L.A. Medical Center that day, Mr. Dileo informed Jackson’s children that their father had died.
Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Dominic; a daughter, Belinda; a sister, Rose Marie; and a grandson.
Throughout their time together, Jackson and Mr. Dileo played up their odd-couple image. On the record sleeve for “Bad,” released in 1987, was a picture of the men facing each other in silhouette, a cigar hanging from Mr. Dileo’s mouth. The caption:[blink] “Another great team.[/blink]”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/arts/music/frank-dileo-michael-jackson…
BTW - Wasn’t Frank schedule to testify at the trial?
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PS. TMZ is still A TABLOID. we don't know if we should trust them as is, and how can we be so certain hes connected with michael in the first place?
Exactly, there isn't really proof that TMZ is working with MJ...anyway this is sad, I can't imagine how he's family is feeling right now.
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RIP :'(
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-frank-dileo-20110825,0,5033691.story?track=rss (http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-frank-dileo-20110825,0,5033691.story?track=rss)
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With all the different reports about Frank dying...it looks like he did pass away. It's really tough to lose someone you love...and my heart goes out to his family, his loved ones, and Mike.
A part of me still thinks that something strange is going on...and it would be great to find out that he didn't die...that it just had to be the 'official' story, for whatever reason. But maybe that's just the 'hoaxer' in me.
Here's the first youtube tribute vid I've come across...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIxD2bs0vB0[/youtube]
With L.O.V.E. always.
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If Mr Dileo really passed away, this must be a very sad day for Michael. I share your sorrow with you Michael and sending you a big hug. Rest in Peace Frank. I'm just hoping this is a part of the hoax and he is still alive.
can't agree more :'(
all of us are hoping it's part of haox
and Frank will come back w/ Michael
Frank really a sincere fd
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Michael told Frank on the night before he "died", "Thanks for taking me this far. I can take it from here." RIP Frank... Michael, sorry for your loss. :cry:
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Just finished watching TMZ and there was no mention about Dileo's death.
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This is really sad...my heart goes out to all of Frank's family and friends, and especially to Michael. This must be very hard for him. First Peter, then Elizabeth, now Frank...Stay strong Michael...I Love you!
R.I.P Frank!
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there don't seem to be any twitter post from any of the jackson family about this. do you think they would or not? only randy commented when he was first ill right? funny how long ago was that anyway?
afraid/ when you can't shut the hoax part of your brain off at a time like this :-[ :(
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I wl wait anyway@ its make me 2 come back to Elizabeth passing- wth all my respect BUT WHY in the world she was requesting to be buried next 2 Michael in FL IF SHE EXACTLY KNOW THAT HE IS ALIVE @ ?? I wl see 2 outcome : FL was add to Liz passing because it may make.believe that Michael is really there 0r - Dame Elizabeth is hoaxing her death to support MJ coming back - that scenario i totally invision. U may call me nuts but I will b holding my doubts on the passing of these two major figure of Michaels life and carrier - until more proofs wl coming our way and this is hard now since everything can be fabricated after Michael fake his death@@. Blessings everyone!
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is there still nothing from tmz?
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Something's fishy....so we wait....and watch.
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So many dead people close to Michael just makes me think who's the next :(.
Thank God his parents are still alive at 80.
Anyway I can't forget "the kid" (as Frank called MJ) fired Frank in the past...but I can't remember why. The same with Branca....and he rehired them for TII...strange
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It was just posted on Michael's facebook, so it is true
http://www.facebook.com/michaeljackson
I am very sorry...
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FRANK DILEO IS A FRAUD & HE WASN'T REHIRED BY MICHAEL JACKSON
Sorry, but after 2 years...I don't believe in co-incidences anymore. Is KISS the clue?? And if so, was DiLeo murdered.???
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsrWKrzc9MI[/youtube]
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Paris on Dileo:
PariisJaxnCrew @pariisjaxn Frank Dileo Die
8 hours ago
pariisjaxn Paris Jinx Jackson
@PariisJaxnCrew he did?
8 hours ago
PariisJaxnCrew @pariisjaxn he died! :(
@PariisJaxnCrew O
8 hours ago
"O"? As in "Oh..". How can she be that cold? I mean would you say just that....? -"he did?"
People were very impressed on twitter, forums....
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Its very sad :( I liked Franky you will be missed RIP :'(
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like it been said, too suspicious with it all for me to believe he has passed away, unless a little more then a few "media stories" telling me he has passed away, i will think it hoax news.
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Paris on Dileo:
PariisJaxnCrew @pariisjaxn Frank Dileo Die
8 hours ago
pariisjaxn Paris Jinx Jackson
@PariisJaxnCrew he did?
8 hours ago
PariisJaxnCrew @pariisjaxn he died! :(
@PariisJaxnCrew O
8 hours ago
"O"? As in "Oh..". How can she be that cold? I mean would you say just that....? -"he did?"
People were very impressed on twitter, forums....
kind of interesting as i think frank was the one who was to have told the children in a very direct manner that their father was dead. remember it was said that murry was not happy about the way he went about it. or did i just make that up?
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Elizabeth Taylor, now Frank DiLeo... that's so sad. He wasn't that old either. :cry:
BTW: I remember I read that Frank DiLeo was in the house when MJ died. Wouldn't that have made him an important witness? Not that that means he faked his death or anything, I don't believe that, but just saying.
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Why a newspaper of Nashville announces this death arisen in Los Angeles? Maybe a report with Elvis ? Very strange ::)
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All she writes back is "o" ? Thats kind of rude... /:
& i just wanted to share some fun times mj & frank had (:
“Later, in another part of Florida, when the old tour boredom set in that I described earlier, I played a little trick on Frank. I asked him to come up to my suite and when he came in I offered him some watermelon, which was laying across the room. Frank went over to pick up (http://www.tumblr.com/tumblelog/awillowdeeplyscarred#) a piece and tripped over my boa constrictor, Muscles, who was on the road with me. Muscles is harmless, but Frank hates snakes and proceeded to scream and yell. I started chasing him around the room with a boa. Frank got the upper hand, however. He panicked, ran from the room, and grabbed the security guard’s gun. He was going to shoot Muscles, but the guard calmed him down. Later he said all he could think of was: “I’ve got to get that snake.” I’ve found a lot of tough men are afraid of snakes.”
Poor frank :lol: :mrgreen:
“I know that he is innocent. A lot of people attack him for a lot of different reasons. One is, everybody would love to get their hands on the Beatles’ publishing. And he’s just one of those guys, he’s real kind and real nice and he can easily be taken advantage of. In this particular case, this kid had cancer (http://www.tumblr.com/tumblelog/awillowdeeplyscarred#), he found him a doctor, they didn’t have any money, he allowed them to live on his ranch. And when it was over, they didn’t want to leave. It was like blackmail. That’s all it was. We talked at each and every break. I wanted to let him know that I know he didn’t do it. In fact, when I went there, he didn’t know I was coming. It was very emotional. Michael said, ‘Frank, I can’t believe you’re here.’ And he started to cry. And I went over and I hugged him and we got on the elevator and he told defense attorney],Tom Mesereau, ‘This is Frank Dileo. He used to manage me. I’ve had nine managers since then. He’s the only guy that showed up, or even called to see how I’m doing.’ That was a very rough thing on him, a very emotional thing.” - Frank Dileo
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Thanks for sharing those stories with us, MJFAN7! The 2nd one is very touching. I hate how the Non-Believers have speculated that Frank was out to get MJ, and possibly played a role in his 'death'.
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Was frank even that good to MJ in his later years? I think I remember a reading about michael being doublecrossed by Frank and taken advantage of. It wouldn't surprise me. on the surface you would think that he was good to michael but we can't be so sure. Maybe that 's why the children responded with just "o" because their father probably told them he was bad news. (maybe, i'm not sure.) still, if he was there throughout his years with michael and was kind to him, such a tragic loss.
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Another article, I don't think this one has been posted yet.
Frank Dileo, The Real Story of Michael Jackson’s Brilliant Manager
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08/25/11 9:21am Roger Friedman (http://www.showbiz411.com/author/roger) 0 (http://www.showbiz411.com/2011/08/25/frank-dileo-the-real-story-of-michael-jacksons-brilliant-manager#comments)
I’m finally getting to write about my friend Frank Dileo, who died yesterday at age 63. Frank was Michael Jackson’s loyal and brilliant manager and friend, the architect of his success and his amazing career. You want to know about “Thriller”? It was Frank, “Bad”? Frank again. It was Frank who sat through Michael’s child molestation trial in 2005 in Santa Maria, California, far from his home in Ohio, at his own expense.
It was Frank who returned in the spring of 2009 to keep Michael on the straight and narrow so he could rehearse for his London concert dates. It was Frank who kissed Michael on the forehead, closed his eyes in the emergency room, and went out to tell Michael’s kids that their father had died. For Michael, Frank was always there.
I met Frank a long time ago, but we bonded during that trial. He’d come to god forsaken Santa Maria barely able to see. He had severely limited vision due to glaucoma and diabetes, and was waiting for an operation. He couldn’t drive, so I was his self appointed chauffeur. It was a long trial, and it wasn’t like Michael was in any shape to acknowledge Frank or to thank him. But he hung in there, and was a particular friend to Katherine Jackson, who attended the trial every day.
What Frank didn’t want to concede was that the Jacksons were notoriously disloyal. While the trial raged on, Michael’s former chief of security and surrogate father, Bill Bray, lay dying in a hospital bed in a little house in Los Angeles near the 10 freeway. Michael and all the Jacksons had simply dropped him. Bray, who I visited a few times, was semi-comatose and cared for by his lady friend. She wondered what had happened to the Jacksons. They were gone.
When the trial was over, and Michael hotfooted it to Bahrain and other locales, Dileo was similarly cut off. It wasn’t until Michael was in dire financial straits, and struggling to prepare for London, that he called on Frank. Dileo was there in a flash. He was the most loyal friend you could ask for. Again, he came at his own expense. Even though he’d lived high during the 80s with Michael, Frank didn’t make out like some of Jackson’s other advisers. His attitude was, you don’t ask. You wait for someone–Michael, Sony–to do the right thing. They never did.
I digress. Frank had the worst health imaginable. Forget the stuff people in the record business did in those crazy Eighties. He smoked stogies, ate thick steaks, liked a good scotch. He loved The Palm in Nashville, and the breakfast room at the Beverly Hilton. At the latter he’d become a fixture in the last couple of years, moving in to help Michael and staying–even though he had a wonderful and understanding wife, Linda, and kids Belinda and Dominic, back in Ohio. He became the mascot of the Beverly Hilton. When he got sick this past spring, the staff came to Cedars Sinai and held prayer vigils. They were that fond of him.
Do nice guys finish last? I don’t think so. Frank played mobsters in movies like “Goodfellas” and liked to act tough, but he was a sweetheart. If only he’d been a little terrifying or threatening maybe he’d have made more money. But he led with his heart, and that always gets you into trouble. Was he disillusioned with Michael’s executors? Yes. He brought John Branca back into Michael’s life six weeks before Jackson died. With Branca came the utterly useless John McClain, who resented Frank and did everything he could to blunt his participation. The lackluster performance of the “Michael” album, which Frank tried to guide, can be laid at McClain’s feet.
Since Frank’s illness–resulting from triple bypass surgery in March–I have to say that the estate has been incredibly helpful, however. The details are private. But when Frank’s family needed support they got it. So you have to balance these things out.
So what now? I’m going to do what Frank did to stay healthy: fruit for breakfast, with bacon and French toast. And remember my friend, who was barely five feet tall, but was a giant among men.
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R.I.P Frank Dileo. When I think of you,I will remember you big smile,with a cigar in your mouth.
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Elizabeth Taylor, now Frank DiLeo... that's so sad. He wasn't that old either. :cry:
BTW: I remember I read that Frank DiLeo was in the house when MJ died. Wouldn't that have made him an important witness? Not that that means he faked his death or anything, I don't believe that, but just saying.
My husband, who is not a hoaxie, said the same thing - foul play maybe?
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that's really sad... may he rest in peace pale/
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Another article, I don't think this one has been posted yet.
Frank Dileo, The Real Story of Michael Jackson’s Brilliant Manager
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08/25/11 9:21am Roger Friedman (http://www.showbiz411.com/author/roger) 0 (http://www.showbiz411.com/2011/08/25/frank-dileo-the-real-story-of-michael-jacksons-brilliant-manager#comments)
I’m finally getting to write about my friend Frank Dileo, who died yesterday at age 63. Frank was Michael Jackson’s loyal and brilliant manager and friend, the architect of his success and his amazing career. You want to know about “Thriller”? It was Frank, “Bad”? Frank again. It was Frank who sat through Michael’s child molestation trial in 2005 in Santa Maria, California, far from his home in Ohio, at his own expense.
It was Frank who returned in the spring of 2009 to keep Michael on the straight and narrow so he could rehearse for his London concert dates. It was Frank who kissed Michael on the forehead, closed his eyes in the emergency room, and went out to tell Michael’s kids that their father had died. For Michael, Frank was always there.
I met Frank a long time ago, but we bonded during that trial. He’d come to god forsaken Santa Maria barely able to see. He had severely limited vision due to glaucoma and diabetes, and was waiting for an operation. He couldn’t drive, so I was his self appointed chauffeur. It was a long trial, and it wasn’t like Michael was in any shape to acknowledge Frank or to thank him. But he hung in there, and was a particular friend to Katherine Jackson, who attended the trial every day.
What Frank didn’t want to concede was that the Jacksons were notoriously disloyal. While the trial raged on, Michael’s former chief of security and surrogate father, Bill Bray, lay dying in a hospital bed in a little house in Los Angeles near the 10 freeway. Michael and all the Jacksons had simply dropped him. Bray, who I visited a few times, was semi-comatose and cared for by his lady friend. She wondered what had happened to the Jacksons. They were gone.
When the trial was over, and Michael hotfooted it to Bahrain and other locales, Dileo was similarly cut off. It wasn’t until Michael was in dire financial straits, and struggling to prepare for London, that he called on Frank. Dileo was there in a flash. He was the most loyal friend you could ask for. Again, he came at his own expense. Even though he’d lived high during the 80s with Michael, Frank didn’t make out like some of Jackson’s other advisers. His attitude was, you don’t ask. You wait for someone–Michael, Sony–to do the right thing. They never did.
I digress. Frank had the worst health imaginable. Forget the stuff people in the record business did in those crazy Eighties. He smoked stogies, ate thick steaks, liked a good scotch. He loved The Palm in Nashville, and the breakfast room at the Beverly Hilton. At the latter he’d become a fixture in the last couple of years, moving in to help Michael and staying–even though he had a wonderful and understanding wife, Linda, and kids Belinda and Dominic, back in Ohio. He became the mascot of the Beverly Hilton. When he got sick this past spring, the staff came to Cedars Sinai and held prayer vigils. They were that fond of him.
Do nice guys finish last? I don’t think so. Frank played mobsters in movies like “Goodfellas” and liked to act tough, but he was a sweetheart. If only he’d been a little terrifying or threatening maybe he’d have made more money. But he led with his heart, and that always gets you into trouble. Was he disillusioned with Michael’s executors? Yes. He brought John Branca back into Michael’s life six weeks before Jackson died. With Branca came the utterly useless John McClain, who resented Frank and did everything he could to blunt his participation. The lackluster performance of the “Michael” album, which Frank tried to guide, can be laid at McClain’s feet.
Since Frank’s illness–resulting from triple bypass surgery in March–I have to say that the estate has been incredibly helpful, however. The details are private. But when Frank’s family needed support they got it. So you have to balance these things out.
So what now? I’m going to do what Frank did to stay healthy: fruit for breakfast, with bacon and French toast. And remember my friend, who was barely five feet tall, but was a giant among men.
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Thank you very much for this article,Andrea!!!
Wow I just cant believe this,this is starting to sound scary or a simple coincident.Just 2 days before I was searching some news about Frank Dileo,and now this.Almost every time I am doing some research about someone ,the next day he/she is in the news :shock:.I dont know if people here remember when in 2009 Frank acccepted the LIFETIME ACHIVEMENT AWARD instead of Michael's kids.I will never forget that when he aacepted the award he described Michael as "a funny guy, he had a sense of humor like none of you ever knew." :lol:.Believe me Frank when I say that now I know what you mean,Michael is funny as hell and we his fans know it :).
Frank was always loyal to Michael,he was there for him in 2005 trial.Here is a footage and starting with 5:50 you can see Michael together with Frank:
Larry KING at JACKSON trial 2005
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KdGcO-Yw6k&feature=channel_video_title
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I want to thank MJFAN7 for that beautiful story,here is Frank himself starting 0:48,talking about how Michael helped ill children and thought is their DUTY TO HELP OTHERS FEEL BETTER :cry::
Michael Jackson was INNOCENT. PROOF!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPQbGT4eWQQ[/youtube]
This last video with Frank is a MUST SEE ONE,because here is Frank himself speaking about how the BAD TOUR is Michael's last one ,because they will do movies and records ,but not tours :shock:.He believes Michael is a very normal person,a hard-working one ,the plastic surgery are being invented by tabloidsl ;he talks about Michael not doing interwievs,about how he believes that AMERICAN PEOPLE and EUROPEAN PEOLE ARE SMARTER THAN NEWSPAPERS :lol:(at this :mrgreen: one Frank is very funny :lol: :lol:).Anyway this interwiev is a must watch ,I say again 8-),I promise you will not regret it.
Michael Crawford,Frank Dileo(Michael Jackson,s manager) on wogan
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9pCdO9AZD0[/youtube]
FRANK DILEO I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CARING AND LOVING MICHAEL!
MAY GOD REST YOUR SOUL,RIP!!!!
LOVE
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Why hasn't ANY Jackson made a single comment about the death of him? Paris only wrote "O". Is that it? suspicious//
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Very sad. May he rest in peace.
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@Purelove, that is indeed very odd.
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I've just found out that Jackie made this tweet. :cry:
JackieJackson5 Jackie Jackson
My thoughts and prayers go out to the DiLeo family during this difficult time. We will all miss Frank. May he rest in peace
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Sad... :roll: RIP Frank... :|
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Paris' reaction sounds really rude. She knew Frank DiLeo and although she probably wasn't close to him, she could have said more than just 'o'. I mean, that is heartless. That really makes the whole thing even weirder because Paris' doesn't seem to be rude at all. She sounds very loving and caring... :?
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Frank did not behave very well with Michael over the years ... :| ...but I am very sorry
for his death..... pale/ .... Mike also will suffer .... with his big heart and his great sensitivity... bearhug
we are close to you michael with all our love...as always !!! typing/ :cry:
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Frank did not behave very well with Michael over the years ... :| ...but I am very sorry
for his death..... pale/ .... Mike also will suffer .... with his big heart and his great sensitivity... bearhug
we are close to you michael with all our love...as always !!! typing/ :cry:
I'm sorry blankie, but you are WRONG!!!
Frank was always LOIAL TO MICHAEL,do you hear me??????????????????LOIAL
He never said a bad thing about him,and he sure LOVED THE MAN.Michael was,is and always will be THE BOSS,that's for sure,and Frank agreed with this.If Michael has a sense of humor like none of you ever knew,Frank is the same in this interwiev,lol, :lol:.He talks very nice about Michael and I have to admit that betewn some good laugh I had some tears also.
Frank DiLeo talks about Michael Jackson, 1988
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq_TX0VExfU[/youtube]
I dont know if this news on Tv will do the death of Frank oficial,but here it is my friends :cry::
Former Michael Jackson Manager, Pittsburgh Native Frank Dileo Dies
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1-yNxKrOKA[/youtube]
LOVE
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@applehead250609....thank you for that interview video with Frank back in 1988...for some reason Frank reminds me of my dad...his voice, mannerisms, and just sheer presence (although dad didn't smoke)......it's was nice to see, but sad all the way around too...... :cry: Frank defended Michael always...or at least from what I have seen/read. Business is business, I am sure the two of them argued plenty over it. Does anyone have video of Frank dissing Michael......I have not seen anything like that (please post it if you can...I'd like to see it). Based on what I have seen/read...... I feel there was an underlying bond of friendship with them. Perhaps, things got tough at times, but, in the end always friendship.
Frank will be missed.....Michael, please know I am keeping his family and you close in thought and prayer.......God Bless.
Thanks again applehead....have a great day!
Blessings to all......
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God, I don't know. I might be oversuspicious but it's something fishy with what happened with DiLeo, I don't know.
No matter what garbage taboild TMZ is, they didn't post anything. How is that possible? When they post each and every "news", no matter how small, about Michael and people around him. To not have an article about DiLeo's death?
I checked on CNN too and I haven't seen the news there either. Did CNN post it? But TMZ's silence is impossible to understand, they take advantage of the most insignificant news and make an article, even more when it involves Michael's name in any way, and nothing about DiLeo's death? Not even a short "We've learned Michael Jackson's manager, Frank DiLeo, died today after a long period of illness. He was 63". Nothing.
The only one who tweeted was Jackie.
I don't want to lose contact with ration - and I don't- but really, it is suspicious
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TMZ Gets Punk’D With Fake Jackson Document
Website TMZ got punk’d today by a concert promoter who wants a chunk of Michael Jackson’s money.The site has published a letter (http://www.tmz.com/2009/08/29/michael-jackson-tribute-concery-frank-dileo-mark-lamicka/) purportedly from Frank DiLeo, Michael’s manager, instructing anyone who wants to produce a Jackson tribute concert to come through him. The letter bears a scrawled, indeciperable signature and the very funny sentence “Frank Dileo is the’manager of Michael Jackson (deceased)’in life and in death.”The problem is, DiLeo tells me it’s not his letter, nor is it his signature. He didn’t write it, and has no idea who some of the people are who are named in the letter including a Fadi Rashed. “I’ve never heard of Fadi Rashed,” says DiLeo, and a Google search doesn’t help either.DiLeo immediately called TMZ’s Harvey Levin, but Levin has yet to remove the fake correspondence.Who wrote this piece of fiction? Well, yours truly received an email post-haste from publicist Ren Gravatt, who represents Patrick Alloco, of AllGood Entertainment in New Jersey. Alloco, in business officially and unofficially with a group that wants a piece of Jackson’s estate, claims to be suing DiLeo over Jackson family concerts that were supposedly to take place in Texas.Gravatt was all too quick to send me the TMZ posting with this added information: “This latest expose piece on Frank DiLeo and his partner, Mark Lamicka, spells out the same sort of dubious behavior that has landed Mr. DiLeo and his company in Federal Court with AllGood Entertainment.”The only problem with that last assertion, of course, is that DiLeo has never been served, and is not in federal court with AllGood Entertainment.Strangely enough, Alloco is still trying to sue everyone connected with Michael Jackson over his alleged concert scheme, even through the singer is dead. The theory behind this latest move ‘especially after Gravatt’s email’is that Alloco and his group’including Joseph Jackson, Leonard Rowe, and Tohme Tohme‘may have fabricated the letter to make DiLeo look bad.TMZ, like a lot of blogs, could do well to check each piece of paper that comes in rather than wind up in situation like Dan Rather’and have to deal with fiction.
http://www.showbiz411.com/2009/08/29/20090829tmz-michael-jackson-frank-dileo-patrick-alloco
I just found this article.....isn't AllGoodEntertainment the company that was setting up a concert in Dallas at the time of Michael's This Is It tour....there was a lawsuit, etc. It was a Jackson 5 show. Anyways, Anna....you make some good points. I feel deep down he really passed away, however, I do feel there is always a chance something is fishy...why did my font just get bigger, lol...I didn't do anything.Blessings....
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R.I.P. Big Frank.
There was a time when Big Frank and M.J. made magic together. But like every relationship, it had it ups and downs.
The article by Roger Friedman is filled with Roger's usual anti-Jackson rants. So I read it with that in mind. The truth is somewhere far from what Roger ever writes. But in the end, I think Big Frank really loved MJ and MJ loved him.
Life is short and meant to be enjoyed, and I think Big Frank did just that.
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Thanks for your video Applehead...I read that Mike had had disagreements with Frank...really thanks bearhug
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Thanks for your video Applehead...I read that Mike had had disagreements with Frank...really thanks bearhug
Hello blankie :)!!!
I apologise my way of speaking in the reply to you,but I have to confess that I'm not feeling very good these days.I'm sick and my grandmother is very sick also :(.
Have a good night and I LOVE you!!!
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Frank Dileo, Michael Jackson's former manager, fed up with pop star's estate before death:
source
Gatecrasher
Thursday, August 25th 2011, 4:00 AM
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Frank Dileo rests in peace - though we hear he was pretty agitated about Michael Jackson's estate before he died.
As the music world mourned the loss of Jackson's old-school cigar-chomping manager, who died on Wednesday, friends of Dileo tell us that his last healthy days were darkened by a growing disenchantment with the late pop star's co-executors.
One source says that early this year, Dileo even fired off an angry email to one of those executors, entertainment attorney John Branca, to complain about co-executor John McClain.
"He told Branca that he was very disappointed," says the friend who adds: "They were cutting Frank's power" and money he received as a consultant to Jackson's estate.
"He felt he wasn't getting his fair share financially and that McClain was undermining him," says the source.
Dileo, who managed the King of Pop from his "Thriller" years in the mid-'80s until the end of the decade and reunited with him shortly before Jackson's death in 2009, was particularly incensed with McClain's reaction to new Jackson tracks that were released posthumously on the album "Michael" last year.
MICHAEL JACKSON PHOTOS: A LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE & CAREER OF THE KING OF POP
McClain, who had briefly managed Jackson in the early '90s, was among a Greek chorus that claimed an impostor was on the tapes. (Forensic experts concluded they were legit.)
Dileo told us he had brought the songs to the attention of Jackson's record label, Sony, and in his email to Branca, the source says he accused McClain of spreading "negative spin" about him and the record.
According to the source, Dileo also accused McClain of "standing in the way of the marketing plan" for "Michael" by "not letting anyone hear the record."
In January, Dileo told us he was writing a memoir in which he would set the record straight about Jackson and the controversy behind "Michael." Shortly after our story ran, the source says the estate paid Dileo "a bonus."
Now it's unclear if the book will see the light of day. After undergoing heart surgery in March, Dileo experienced complications and never recovered. He was 64.
Calls to McClain and Branca were not returned by deadline. In response to our questions, a spokesman for Jackson's estate wrote: We believe it is appropriate to limit our comments" to "those we have already expressed ... We will always be grateful for Frank's contributions to Michael Jackson's career and to the estate, and our hearts go out to the Dileo family."
Contact Gatecrasher:
Frank DiGiacomo: fdigiacomo@nydailynews.com
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2011/08/25/2011-08-25_frank_dileo_michael_jacksons_former_manager_fed_up_with_pop_stars_estate_before_.html#ixzz1W30jRv97
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bearhug bearhug bearhug
Dear Applehead I answer only now because I was in a place with slow Internet......Even I love you so much bearhug together we are never alone ... and the sun always comes back ....A thousand of hugs bearhug
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I haven't been online to know if TMZ ever said anything (or any of the rest of the Jacksons) but I did see a comment on a youtube tribute where the person was thinking it odd (and so do I) that Elizabeth Taylor died on the 23rd of the month, Frank Dileo on the 24th of the month, and Michael on the 25th.
Has anyone verified for real that he died? Has there been any funeral pictures or other celebrities posting about this?
Blessings to each of you.
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I haven't been online to know if TMZ ever said anything (or any of the rest of the Jacksons) but I did see a comment on a youtube tribute where the person was thinking it odd (and so do I) that Elizabeth Taylor died on the 23rd of the month, Frank Dileo on the 24th of the month, and Michael on the 25th.
Has anyone verified for real that he died? Has there been any funeral pictures or other celebrities posting about this?
Blessings to each of you.
There is nothing,.. i remember when he died Pedro López were published photos of the funeral, okay by the circumstances of the death of Lopez, i believe that DiLeo had a higher profile that Pedro López is rare
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OK, Just got done calling TMZ with souza, I called the tip line and said I have a tip, The tip is frank dileo passed away, a huge actor and michaels manager and for 3 days now tmz and the media have not reported this but when lindsay lohan farts or queefs we get instant minute by minute details of the smell of her fart and how many people where affected by her fart but michaels manager just died and tmz doesnt report it, she then laughs at me and says yeah that happens with londsay, ok but then i said but frank dileo is dead and tmz doesnt reprt it and she says, YES WE ARE AWARE OF IT, I said ok but why arent you reporting it and she says uhm uhm uhm, we are aware of it, I said I know you are but maybe before we here about another lindsay fart you could report on his death, she giggled and said we are aware thats all i can say.
so there oyu go, this is fishy as hell
you did? I simply cannot find this other way that strange from the very beginning. Just the fact that it wasn't reported on TMZ, neither on CNN as far as I know, and from all the family just Jackie wrote a little message on twitter is too too weird. Randy who was the one who hurried up in sending condolences to Dileo's family when he was taken to the hospital months back, then saying that he wasn't saying condolences because he was dead but because that meant "My heart goes out to his family". I can't remember anyone sending condolences to any person alive.
I don't know.. If Randy hurried up in sending those messages then, why now he didn't even utter a word? DiLeo is supposed to be dead. Why no one said anything? Just Jackie and a message on Michael's FB. I cannot seem to find the logic since day one and I keep my opinion. And now what that woman from TMZ told you makes it all even more weird. It would have been a subject for tabloid trash and TMZ simply didn't report and MORE, they admit they are aware of it. And I never doubted they were. Because Harvey follows the Jackson family and on TMZ we saw many articles like: Randy just had a rant on twitter/ Jackie said on twitter/ Teddy Riley just said on twitter. Even Paris said that she blocked TMZ because they were stalking her profile. TMZ reported from Paris' twitter the photos of that Michael motorcycle. Harvey follows Jackson's steps and there's no way he wouldn't learn about DiLeo's death and they didn't report it. When they report any unimportant shit. Why wouldn't they report it if they know? Why?
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OK, Just got done calling TMZ with souza, I called the tip line and said I have a tip, The tip is frank dileo passed away, a huge actor and michaels manager and for 3 days now tmz and the media have not reported this but when lindsay lohan farts or queefs we get instant minute by minute details of the smell of her fart and how many people where affected by her fart but michaels manager just died and tmz doesnt report it, she then laughs at me and says yeah that happens with londsay, ok but then i said but frank dileo is dead and tmz doesnt reprt it and she says, YES WE ARE AWARE OF IT, I said ok but why arent you reporting it and she says uhm uhm uhm, we are aware of it, I said I know you are but maybe before we here about another lindsay fart you could report on his death, she giggled and said we are aware thats all i can say.
so there oyu go, this is fishy as hell
you did? I simply cannot find this other way that strange from the very beginning. Just the fact that it wasn't reported on TMZ, neither on CNN as far as I know, and from all the family just Jackie wrote a little message on twitter is too too weird. Randy who was the one who hurried up in sending condolences to Dileo's family when he was taken to the hospital months back, then saying that he wasn't saying condolences because he was dead but because that meant "My heart goes out to his family". I can't remember anyone sending condolences to any person alive.
I don't know.. If Randy hurried up in sending those messages then, why now he didn't even utter a word? DiLeo is supposed to be dead. Why no one said anything? Just Jackie and a message on Michael's FB. I cannot seem to find the logic since day one and I keep my opinion. And now what that woman from TMZ told you makes it all even more weird. It would have been a subject for tabloid trash and TMZ simply didn't report and MORE, they admit they are aware of it. And I never doubted they were. Because Harvey follows the Jackson family and on TMZ we saw many articles like: Randy just had a rant on twitter/ Jackie said on twitter/ Teddy Riley just said on twitter. Even Paris said that she blocked TMZ because they were stalking her profile. TMZ reported from Paris' twitter the photos of that Michael motorcycle. Harvey follows Jackson's steps and there's no way he wouldn't learn about DiLeo's death and they didn't report it. When they report any unimportant shit. Why wouldn't they report it if they know? Why?
Yeah, i remember to Randy and the TMZ is more rare when they publish any stupidity