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Joe Jackson -- the patriarch of the Jackson family -- has died ... TMZ has learned. Family sources tell TMZ, Joe passed away at 3:30 AM Wednesday in L.A. We broke the story ... Joe was hospitalized in June with terminal cancer. His family had been flocking to his bedside since. His wife, Katherine, had been at his bedside as were some of Joe's children and grandchildren. Joe had been battling health problems for some time now. He was hospitalized back in 2016 after coming down with a high fever. But, he bounced back not long after and was seen...

Talent manager Joe Jackson is very ill and may be close to death, according to a source close to the Jackson family. Jackson's son, Jermaine Jackson, tweeted Thursday that while his father's health was not good, it was not accurate to say he was dying.

White actor Joseph Fiennes had been cast to play Michael Jackson in an episode of the cable show “Urban Myths,” reports USA Today. Sky Arts, the U.K. broadcaster of the show, pulled the episode “Elizabeth, Michael & Marlon,” after the trailer for it drew criticism from Jackson’s family. Paris Jackson, one of Jackson’s children, said the episode trailer offended her so much that she almost threw up. “I’m so incredibly offended by it, as I’m sure plenty of people are as well, and it honestly makes me want to vomit,” she wrote.

Social workers have launched an investigation over claims Michael Jackson's youngest son was threatened with a stun-gun by one of his cousins. Officials opened a child protection file on the family after a 300,000-volt weapon was removed from the home where the late singer's three children live with their 80-year-old grandmother. Jackson's eight-year-old son Blanket was allegedly chased by his 13-year-old cousin Jaafar - the son of Michael's brother Jermaine - with the gun before being stopped by security guards.

The word in Michael Jackson circles is that the beleaguered pop star has found a white knight: billionaire Ron Burkle. Jackson has gone to the tycoon hoping that Burkle, who is reportedly worth $2.3 billion, can stave off the former King of Pop's much-needed sale of his portion of Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Jackson is currently at risk of defaulting on over $270 million in loans from Bank of America. Burkle owns the largest supermarket chain in America, thanks to his acquisition of Kroger Stores. He is also the largest supplier of produce to McDonald's. His Yucaipa Companies also owns the...

Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera made a fool out of himself (again) by fawning shamelessly over Michael Jackson in an apparent bid to pay the pop star back for the 'exclusive interview' granted to Fox News and to secure a solid line of future story leads to Fox News. But not everyone was happy at Fox News about this. Bill O'Reilly invited Geraldo on his show and told him to his face that he had gone too far in portraying Jackson as an innocent victim. The interview, which bore a distinct resemblance to a Jackson family infomercial, aired Saturday February...

In defense of the Jackson Family Within the last several years, the Jackson family has experienced an unprecedented downward spiral of their namesake and of the individuals within the family. Just think of what comes to mind when one thinks of Michael, Janet, Latoya, Jermaine, Joe etc. The latest statement by Joe Jackson, in which he blamed racism in America for the tribulations of Michael, is partially true based on a Democratic Plantation mindset that is often viewed as America. If one were to psychoanalyze the problems with the individuals, one would have to say Michael has two major problems;...

MANAMA, Bahrain (Reuters) - Pop star Michael Jackson's brother, Jermaine, in the Gulf to promote understanding between Muslims and his fellow Americans, said Tuesday that Muslims are "the new Negroes in America." Jermaine, a convert to Islam and dressed in white Arab garb, has been speaking about Islam and U.S. "adventures" in Iraq to enthusiastic audiences at Koranic centers and universities in the Gulf Arab state of Bahrain. Jermaine Jackson(L), brother of Michael Jackson, Jackson family spokesman Firpo W. Carr(C) and Khawaja Khurshid Reshi hold a rug with a woven picture of Michael Jackson April 19, 2004, in Manama. Jermaine...