

I am alive," Minnelli told PEOPLE ahead of their nuptials.īut alas, their love wasn't meant to last. I must say, it is an amazing feeling."Īfter helping the actress-singer lose nearly 50 pounds, Gest and Minnelli said 'I do' in a star-studded 2002 ceremony, where Jackson stood as his best man and Elizabeth Taylor her matron of honor. "I have never had anyone take care of me before. "I remember what a gentleman he was and how attractive I thought he was," Minnelli told PEOPLE in 2001 of the first time she met Gest. While the Jackson special amped his acclaim, he also met his first and only wife, Liza Minnelli, working on it. Working in the entertainment industry, the producer achieved his biggest career feat in 2001, producing the highest-rating musical television special in history: Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, about his longtime childhood friend. People magazine said this of Gest: "Growing up, he was a close friend of Michael Jackson and his brother Tito. His honors were revoked, any memorials in memory of him were removed and his lavish tombstone stood for only 19 days before being demolished and disposed of in a landfill. His accusers, which may number in the hundreds, said that no would believe them or listen to them when Saville was alive.
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But after his death there was finally an investigation and it turns out good old Jimmy was a serial rapist and child molester who preyed on young girls and children he was supposedly being charitable towards. During his lifetime there were rumblings of inappropriate behavior concerning Saville, but nothing ever came of it. He did other charitable work and was lavished with awards for his efforts: an OBE, a knighthood, honorary doctorates.
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He had some dumb tv show called "Jim'll Fix It", which consisted of granting wishes to sick children usually the wish was simply to meet some celebrity. Another big celebrity there was a monstrosity named Jimmy Saville hideously ugly, utterly without charm or talent, he became a "national treasure" in Britain, renowned for his charitable acts. So he was a big celebrity in the UK? Well, I'm not surprised.
