Picture of John F. Kennedy Jr

"The first time I met John and his sister, Caroline, was back in 1977 at the famous Studio 54 nightclub in New York. My friend Michael Jackson was filming The Wiz in New York at the time; I was there writing a story about a movie for a magazine. It was a private party in a back room at Studio 54 for some of the cast and crew. John and Caroline were surrounded by press, as was Michael. I was sitting at a back booth with his sister La Toya.
Occasionally, Michael would come over and say a few words to us and then drift back into the crowd. At one point, La Toya got up to go to the restroom. Someone took her place, slipping ino the booth. He leaned over to me, put out his hand, and introduced himself: "I'm John Kennedy." Then he said, "Can I ask you a favor?" JFK Jr, wants a favor? From me? "My sister and I want to meet Michal Jackson," he said with a bashful grin. "Can you make that happen?" It was the kind of surreal moment that, looking back on it all these years later, is hard to believe. "Sure thing," I said. He called Caroline over, we went over to Michael, and I introduced them. Michael seemed a little weak in the knees, I remember; just being in the presence of Kennedy royalty seemed to throw him... Years later after that, a few pictures of Michael, John, and Caroline that I took somehow leaked out"- J. Randy Taraborrelli