The patriarch of the Jackson family passed away in Las Vegas. Joe Jackson passed away at the age of 89 after being diagnosis with terminal cancer. This death happened on Tuesday night on the day of Michael Jackson's death nine years ago.
The father of hitmakers was accused of being abusive towards them.
Page Six notes that he lived a life of platinum records and an iron fist.
Joe Jackson died at 89 early Wednesday, TMZ reports.
The Jackson Family patriarch was suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer, the Daily Mail reported.
Jermaine Jackson told press last week that the family was having a difficult time visiting him or getting information about his condition.
“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 lamented at the time. “We have been hurting. We were not being told where he was and couldn’t get the full picture. Even from the doctor. My mother was worried sick.”
Days after the interview was published, TMZ reported that the family, including Joe’s wife, Katherine, as well as the couple’s children and grandchildren, had visited him at the hospital.
An account claiming to be Joe himself hinted that his days might be numbered, tweeting on June 24, “I have seen more sunsets than I have left to see. The sun rises when the time comes and whether you like it or not the sun sets when the time comes.”
However, his granddaughter, Paris Jackson, later alleged that Joe never used the account and did not post the tweet.
Joe suffered numerous health problems in recent years, including several strokes in 2013.
In 2015, he was hospitalized for a stroke and suffered three heart attacks, after which he had a pacemaker installed.
In July 2016, TMZ reported that he was hospitalized for a high fever, though the cause was undisclosed.
Two years later, he was hospitalized after a car crash near his Las Vegas home.
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