Fact #155781

Cliff Bernstein (co-founder Q Prime Management) : When we worked with The Stones [Q Prime promoted the group’s Steel Wheels tour in 1989], there was a congressman from Texas named Mickey Leland who died in a plane crash in Africa. I knew a congressman named Ed Markey and he calls me up and says, “There’s a widow and two children, we're holding a benefit and I know you're involved with the Stones. Could you get me a signed guitar from Keith Richards that we could auction off for the benefit of the family?” And I said "Whoa, that's a tall order but I'll do my best." We mainly had been dealing with Jagger, they were on tour, and truthfully it was… it’s not like we didn't have anything to say to Keith, it's just that... you know ... you can't hit it the wrong way. And we all know what Keith's reputation is. So I'm actually very nervous about this. So I go into Keith's dressing room and I say, “Keith, I have a favour to ask of you. There was this congressman named Mickey Leland…” And he goes, “Oh, the guy that died in that African plane crash?” He knows the whole story. I talk about the widow, the kids. He says, “Sure, whatever you want.” He's the greatest guy.
(Source : http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7290324/q-prime-cliff-burnstein-peter-mensch-managing-metallica-33-years)