Has American music manager and father of the Jackson family Joe Jackson died? Or is he still alive?
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Born | 26 Jul 1928 in Fountain Hill |
Died | 27 Jun 2018 in Las Vegas |
Age | 89 years, 11 months |
Cause | pancreatic cancer |
Joseph Walter Jackson (July 26, 1928 – June 27, 2018) was an American talent manager and patriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers that includes his children Michael and Janet. He was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2014.
He is also known as Joseph Jackson and Joseph Walter Jackson.
On June 22, 2018, TMZ reported that Jackson was hospitalized in Las Vegas in the final stages of terminal pancreatic cancer. He died at a hospice in Las Vegas on June 27, two days after the ninth anniversary of his son Michael's death and less than a month before his 90th birthday. He was surrounded by his wife and his surviving children.