Joe Jackson, the father and longtime manager of pop icons
The Jackson 5, has passed on at the age of 89.
He passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2018 in Los Angeles at
around 3:30 a.m., TMZ
reported.
He was
hospitalized earlier this month with terminal pancreatic cancer.
Joe is survived by his wife Katherine and
their children Maureen, 68, Jackie, 67, Tito, 64, Jermaine, 63, La Toya,
62, Marlon, 61, Randy, 56, and Janet, 52.
His son Michael Jackson died from an apparent cardiac arrest at age 50 on June
25, 2009. Another son, Brandon died at birth in 1957.
Joe was also the father of Joh’Vonnie
Jackson, 43, the daughter of Cheryl Terrell, whom he had a 25-year-long affair
with. Katherine filed for divorce twice but never went through with the
separation.
In 1963, Joe noticed his children’s musical
talents after he discovered son Tito’s guitar talents. Soon after, Joe served
as the manager for The Jackson Brothers, a band formed by sons Jackie, Tito and
Jermaine. Then in 1965, Marlon and Michael joined the group and renamed
themselves The Jackson 5 in 1966.
Anchored by a 7-year-old Michael, The Jackson
5 found immediate success, becoming the first American group to have four
singles land the top spot on the Billboard
Hot 100 chart. Soon after, Joe moved the entire family from Indiana to
California.
In 1968, Joe signed a Motown
contract—without reading it—that gave the company ironclad control over
everything recorded by The Jackson 5, a move that cost the family millions.
Michael fired his father as manager in 1983.
In addition, Joe was known as the stern
patriarch who was physically and emotionally abusive.
In her 1991 memoir,
La Toya wrote that he abused her and terrorized her brothers, often pointing
guns at the kids to get their attention. During an Oprah special in 1993,
Michael admitted his father had beaten him.
Joe’s estranged relationship with son
Michael resulted in him being completely left out of the King of Pop’s will
after his 2009 death. Katherine continues to receive more than $1 million
annually from the Michael Jackson estate.
In
a 2010 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Joe said, “I don’t [regret the beatings].
It kept them out of jail and kept them right.”
In
2014, Joe opened up about his health in an open letter to daughter Janet.
“When I
suffered four strokes last year, and was in the hospital recovering, only two
people in my family traveled all the way to see in the hospital. My
granddaughter Brandi (Jackie’s daughter) and my baby girl Janet,” Joe wrote.
“She sat right next to me as I lay in bed, spent time with me, talking about a
lot together. It meant a lot to me. I lay there listening to her as she talked
about how she was going to get married. I am happy for her and wish her nothing
but the best! I never tell you this, but I am proud of you Janet.”
credit: TMZ, People, Google
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