Mills and Michael Jackson began dating during her time working on The Wiz. "He was such a king, sweet soul, very gentle," she said of the musician, according to PrideSource. "We were really ...

Michael Jackson's death has devastated the entertainment industry, said Jocelyn Vena in MTV. Singer Diana Ross, Jackson's long-time friend and co-star in The Wiz, said, "I can't stop crying.

In addition to becoming a perennial stage classic, The Wiz was adapted into a movie in 1978 starring Diana Ross as Dorothy and a young Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow. The Sidney Lumet-directed ...

Quincy Jones worked with Michael Jackson on three of his ... In 1978, Jones met Jackson while working on The Wiz. He went on to produce Off the Wall, Thriller, and Bad for the artist.