Michael Jackson and his father Joe Jackson in 2005, leaving the Santa Barbara county courthouse in Santa Maria, California. Photo: Reuters
Joseph “Joe” Jackson, the fearsome stage dad of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and their talented siblings, who took his family from poverty and launched a musical dynasty, died Wednesday. He was 89.
Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg told The Associated Press that Joe Jackson died at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas.
