#CapCut Joseph Walter Jackson (July 26, 1928 – June 27, 2018) was an American talent manager and patriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers. He was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2014. PARENTS He was born to Crystal Lee (née King; May 1907 – November 4, 1992) and Samuel Joseph Jackson (April 4, 1893 – October 31, 1993) on July 26, 1928. His father was a tracher. The Jacksons, his year of birth was 1929. He was the eldest of five children. His great-grandfather, July "Jack" Gale, was a US Army scout; he was also an Indigenous American medicine man. EARLY CHILDHOOD Jackson recalled from his early childhood that his father was domineering and strict, and he described himself in his memoir The Jacksons as a "lonely child that had only few friends". After his parents separated when he was twelve, his mother, two brothers, and sister moved to East Chicago, Indiana, a suburb outside Chicago in Northwest Indiana, while he moved with his father to Oakland, California.When he was 18, his father remarried, and he moved to East Chicago to live with his mother, two brothers, and sister. Joe Jackson began to pursue his dreams of becoming a boxer While he was preparing for a professional boxing career, he met 17-year-old Katherine Scruse. He was married to another woman, but was divorced in less than a year before he started dating Katherine. 💍 Joseph and Katherine were married on November 5, 1949. In January 1950, they purchased a small two-bedroom home on 2300 Jackson Street near East Chicago in Gary, Indiana. Their first child, Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Jackson, was born four months later on May 29, 1950. Joseph and Katherine went on to raise ten children, as their son Brandon Jackson (Marlon's twin) died just after he was born. 🎙️ During the early 1950s, Jackson briefly performed with his younger brother Luther Jackson in their own blues band The Falcons, playing guitar. Despite their efforts, The Falcons did not get a recording deak. JACKSON 5️⃣ In the early 1960s, Joe Jackson began pushing his sons in a musical direction after they began playing around with his musical instruments while he was at work. He then first started working with his four eldest sons David, Jackie, Tito, and Jermaine. His Younger sons Marlon and Michael were eventually put into the band; youngest brother Randy was too young to join at the time. Joseph began enforcing long and intense rehearsals for his sons. At first, the group went under the name The Jackson Brothers. Following the inclusion of Marlon and Michael in the group, their name was changed to The Jackson 5. On November 21, 1967, The Jackson 5 were signed by Joe Jackson to their first record contract with Gordon Keith, owner and first president of Steeltown Records in Gary, Indiana. The Jackson 5 received a record contract with Motown in March 1969. 💔Joseph was alleged to have had a lasting extramarital affair. Katherine filed for divorce on March 9, 1973, The following year, Joseph fathered a daughter with Cheryle Terrell named Joh'Vonnie. Katherine attempted once again to divorce her husband in 1982. Katherine and Joe remained legally married until his death in 2018. ❤️‍🩹On July 27, 2015, Jackson was rushed to a hospital after a stroke and heart arrhythmia while celebrating his 87th birthday in Brazil. In January 2017, Jackson's brother Lawrence died. 🥀🕊️On June 22, 2018, Jackson was hospitalized in Las Vegas in the final stages of terminal pancreatic cancer. He died on June 27. #joejackson #jackson5 #motownrecords #patriach #famousdeaths🥀 #garyindiana - @gianasasha29