Joe Jackson

Joseph Walter "Joe" Jackson (July 26, 1928 – June 27, 2018) was an American talent manager. He was the father of the Jackson family of musicians.

Joe Jackson
Jackson in 2007
Born	Joseph Walter Jackson (1928-07-26)July 26, 1928 Fountain Hill, Arkansas, U.S.
Died	June 27, 2018(2018-06-27) (aged 89) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Cause of death	Pancreatic cancer
Nationality	American
Occupation	Talent manager
Spouse	Katherine Scruse (m. 1949)
Children	11, See below
Parent(s)	Samuel Joseph Jackson (1893–1993) Crystal Lee King (1907–1999)
Relatives	Israel Nero Jackson (1838-1934) (grandfather) Jack July Jackson (1803-1908) (great-grandfather)

Early life

Joseph Walter Jackson was born in Fountain Hill, Arkansas. He was the eldest son and child of Samuel Jackson (1893-1993), a schoolteacher, and Crystal Lee King (1907-1999). Samuel was the son of Israel Nero Jackson (1838-1934), a slave. Israel was the son of Jack July Jackson (1803-1908), an indigenous choctaw of the Plantation of Gale. He was raised in East Chicago, Indiana and in Gary, Indiana. Jackson married Katherine Jackson in 1949.

Career

In 1963, Jackie, Tito and Jermaine started a band called The Jackson Brothers. Joe was their manager. The band changed their name to The Jackson 5 and they became su Michael fired Jackson as his manager in 1979. The rest of the brothers did the same in 1983. In 2002, Jackson was given a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for being the Best Entertainment Manager of All Time.

Personal life

In 2003, Joe told Louis Theroux that he whipped Michael when he was a child.^[1] Michael Jackson died in 2009. He did not put Joe in his will.^[2]

In November 2012, he had a stroke.^[3]

Jackson told Piers Morgan in 2013 that "There's no such thing as beating a kid".^[4]

Children

Ten children were born to Katherine and Joe Jackson.

• Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Jackson (born May 29, 1950)
• Sigmund Esco "Jackie" Jackson (born May 4, 1952)
• Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson (October 15, 1953 – September 15, 2024)
• Jermaine La Jaune Jackson (born December 11, 1954)
• La Toya Yvonne Jackson (born May 29, 1956)
• Marlon David Jackson (born March 12, 1957)
• Brandon Jackson (March 12, 1957 – March 12, 1957)
• Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)
• Steven Randall "Randy" Jackson (born October 29, 1961)
• Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966)

Jackson also has a daughter with Cheryl Terrell. Terrell is a woman that Jackson had an affair with for 25 years. The daughter, Johvonnie, was born 1974.^[5]

Illness

In July 2015, Jackson was rushed into hospital after suffering a stroke and heart arrhythmia while celebrating his birthday in Brazil.^[6] The stroke reportedly left him temporarily blind.^[7]

On June 23, 2018, it was reported that Jackson was hospitalized in Las Vegas in the final stages of terminal pancreatic cancer.^[8][9] He died of the disease on June 27 at the age of 89.^[10]