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Montreal soul legend Alan Prater has played with the greats, but misses Michael Jackson most:<\/p>\n

\n“A friend called me to say that Michael had died, so I turned on CNN and there he was,” Prater says. “I was numb. I tell you, Michael was the kindest person I ever met. He\u2019d introduce me to Elizabeth Taylor and Liza Minelli like I already knew these people.<\/p>\n

“And after each show, I\u2019d sit in my hotel room and Michael would knock on the door every night and we\u2019d talk. He was always curious about other people\u2019s lives. I thought he was going to live forever.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Montreal soul legend Alan Prater has played with the greats, but misses Michael Jackson most: “A friend called me to say that Michael had died, so I turned on CNN and there he was,” Prater says. “I was numb. I tell you, Michael was the kindest person I ever met. 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