The patriarch of the Jackson family that includes Michael, Janet, and the members of The Jackson 5, Joe Jackson has been hospitalized. Variety reports that the Jackson is in the final stages of terminal cancer.
Jackson, 89, has been afflicted with a number of health issues in recent years, including suffering a stroke that left him with temporarily blurred vision, multiple heart attacks, and dementia. Last year, he was in a car accident in Las Vegas, where he’s lived for the past several years.
Infamous for the physical and mental abuse he used to drive his performing children, Jackson was the architect of The Jackson 5. The original group featured Michael, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon, with the occasional inclusion of Randy. His other children LaToya, Rebbie, and most notably Janet also launched singing careers under his initial guidance.
Because of his treatment of his 11 children, the relationship between him and his offspring has often been contentious. As Jermaine told Newsmen that certain family members were barred from visiting Joe when he was initially hospitalized. “No one knew what was going on — we shouldn’t have to beg, plead, and argue to see our own father, especially at a time like this
He continued, noting that it appears his father is on his death bed. “He’s very, very frail, he doesn’t have long. The family needs to be by his bedside — that’s our only intention in his final days.”
Source: Bella Naija
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