Michael Jackson was terrified of his father Joe Jackson, who died this week

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.