{"id":395,"date":"2018-06-27T19:35:42","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T19:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/foreverinourhearts\/?p=395"},"modified":"2018-06-27T19:57:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T19:57:35","slug":"joe-jackson-jackson-family-patriarch-leaves-behind-complicated-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/foreverinourhearts\/2018\/06\/joe-jackson-jackson-family-patriarch-leaves-behind-complicated-legacy.html","title":{"rendered":"Joe Jackson, Jackson Family Patriarch, Leaves Behind a Complicated Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Joseph_Jackson_Cannes_2014\"<\/a>Joe Jackson died following a battle with pancreatic cancer early in the morning on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. He was 89 years old.<\/p>\n

Joe Jackson was the patriarch and manager of the Jackson 5, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. Though Jermaine Jackson stated that Joe \u201ckept [them] off the streets,\u201d Joe was a notoriously harsh taskmaster and was accused of emotionally and physically abusing his children. In 2003, Joe effectively confirmed those rumors while attempting to deny them. In a BBC interview, Joe stated that he \u201cwhipped [Michael] with a switch and a belt\u2026[but] I never beat him. You beat someone with a stick.\u201d He also supposedly insisted that his children refer to him as \u201cJoseph\u201d instead of \u201cDad\u201d or \u201cFather.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fraught history between father and children may be part of why Janet and Michael cut professional ties with Joseph in 1986 and 1983 respectively. While he did not manage their later careers, Joe was the one who launched the entertainment careers of his children.\u00a0 Joe negotiated the contract between the Jackson 5 and Epic Records, and he financed Janet\u2019s demo that secured her deal with A&M Records.<\/p>\n

Joe brought the Jackson 5 into the spotlight by honing their talent with daily practices run with an iron fist. He claimed that he \u201cdidn\u2019t want [the kids] to be soft\u201d in a \u201ctough neighborhood where other kids were in gangs and getting into drugs.\u201d Instead of joining gangs, his children catapulted into the entertainment world with the Jackson 5 group, Janet Jackson and Michael Jackson all achieving superstardom. Joe\u2019s harsh demeanor, however, tainted his relationship with his children for the rest of his life. In 2013, Joe suffered four strokes, but when he \u201cwas in the hospital recovering, only two people in [his] family traveled all the way to see [him.]\u201d His visitors were his \u201cbaby girl,\u201d Janet, and her daughter Brandi.<\/p>\n

Janet Jackson described her father as \u201cincredible\u201d and claimed that he \u201cdrove [her] to be the best.\u201d Unfortunately, Joe had a contentious relationship, at best, with several of his other children. Despite that, Joe was adamant that he had no regrets about his life. \u201cNot at all,\u201d he said in 2014. \u201cI don\u2019t live that way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joe Jackson died following a battle with pancreatic cancer early in the morning on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. He was 89 years old. Joe Jackson was the patriarch and manager of the Jackson 5, Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson. 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