Joe Jackson, father and early manager of the Jacksons, died at age 89 on Wednesday morning after a battle with cancer, as AP confirms and TMZ first reported.
00:01Joe Jackson, father and early manager of the Jacksons, has died at age 89 on Wednesday morning after a battle with cancer.
00:09The Jackson family patriarch was born in 1928 and married wife Catherine in 1949.
00:14He went on to have 11 children.
00:16As a manager, Jackson launched the career of son Michael Jackson, along with Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon, Michael and Tito as the Jackson Five in the 1960s.
00:26The group signed with Barry Gordy's Motown Records, and in 1970, their first three singles, I Want You Back, ABC and The Love You Save, all went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
00:37Son Jermaine Jackson tweeted about his father's health on June 21.
00:41My father's health is not good, but dying is a harsh word chosen by headline writers, not me, he wrote at the time.
00:48But on June 24, a more ominous update was posted on Joe Jackson's Twitter page.
00:53I have seen more sunsets than I have left to see.
00:56The sun rises when the time comes, and whether you like it or not, the sun sets when the time comes.
01:01Daughter Janet Jackson spoke of her father on June 22 in a speech at the Radio Disney Music Awards in Hollywood, where she was honored with the Impact Award, now known as the Janet Jackson Award.
01:12My father, my incredible father, drove me to be the best that I can.
01:17Jackson suffered a stroke while visiting Brazil in 2015, and was again hospitalized after a car he was riding in was involved in an accident in Las Vegas in 2017.
01:27Although Jackson was known for his iron-fisted management of his children, in 2002, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honored him as best entertainment manager of all time.
01:37I'm glad I was tough, because look what I came out with, Jackson said in an interview in 2013.
01:42I came out with some kids that everybody loved all over the world, and they treated everybody right.
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