Joe Jackson, father to Michael and Janet, two of the Jackson’s famous siblings, is dead. Joe Jackson died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 89. A mus
Joe Jackson, father to Michael and Janet, two of the Jackson’s famous siblings, is dead. Joe Jackson died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 89. A music manager and father of 11, Joe Jackson who died in the early hours of Wednesday has over the years had a series of health problems. In November 2012, he recovered from a minor stroke at his Las Vegas home. Three years later, his daughter Janet had to put rehearsals for a tour on hold when he suffered another stroke and heart arrhythmia in Brazil on his 87th birthday in July of 2015. In May 2016, he was hospitalized due to a high fever and in June 2017, he was released from the hospital after a car accident in Las Vegas.
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. 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.
