Michael Jackson's father Joe has died aged 89, just days after being hospitalized with stage four pancreatic cancer
- Joe Jackson has passed away at the age of 89 one week after DailyMail.com revealed he had been hospitalized with stage four pancreatic cancer
- He was surrounded by his children, grandchildren and wife of 69 years Katherine
- The patriarch of the Jackson family led his children to remarkable success in the music industry, particularly son Michael and daughter Janet
- His death comes almost nine years to the day that his son Michael passed away on June 25, 2009, and Joe said he wanted to hold through Monday
- Jackson himself had given verbal instructions making clear he did not want visitors or family members to see him or his medical records in his final weeks
- He had attempted to forge a music career of his own and even tried at one point to become a professional boxer before putting together the Jackson 5 in the 60s
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Joe Jackson passed away on Wednesday at the age of 89.
DailyMail.com revealed last week that the King of Pop's father was on his deathbed and later hospitalized as he battled stage four pancreatic cancer.
A family source tells DailyMail.com that Jackson, who had his wife Katherine by his side when he passed away, faded into unconsciousness on Tuesday.
Katherine made the decision to move Jackson into hospice care over the weekend as his health began to rapidly decline.
The patriarch of the Jackson family had voiced his desire to hold on through Monday said the family source, which marked the ninth anniversary of his son's death.
Jackson and his wife had been living apart for the past few years following a tumultuous 69-year relationship during which Jackson fathered a love child, had multiple affairs and was accused of abusing the couple's children.
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RIP: Joe Jackson (above in 2014) has passed away at the age of 89 one week after he was hospitalized with stage four pancreatic cancer
Rhythm nation: The patriarch of the Jackson family led his children to remarkable success in the music industry, particularly son Michael and daughter Janet (Janet and her father in 2000)
Tragedy: His death comes almost nine years to the day that his son Michael passed away on June 25, 2009 (Jackson and his son Michael in 2005 above)
Jackson had been ailing for months, but took a turn for the worse in the past two weeks according to sources close to the family.
His famous family all clambered to be by the bedside of the sickly father-of-eleven, but Jackson's handlers allegedly barred senior family members from visiting him, including his wife Katherine and oldest child Rebbie.
For four days, his sons and daughters were locked in heated discussions, unsure what was going on and pleading to see their father.
DailyMail.com later learned that following an emergency Jackson family meeting and desperate pleas to Jackson's manager, Charles Coupet, family members were finally granted access to the octogenarian last Tuesday night.
It is understood that he suffered from a form of dementia and had suffered several strokes in recent years.
'I will always love you! You gave us strength, you made us one of the most famous families in the world,' wrote his daughter LaToya on Wednesday.
'I am extremely appreciative of that, I will never forget our moments together and how you told me how much you cared. #RIP Joe Jackson.
Katherine, daughters Rebbie and Joh'Vonnie and granddaughter Yashi Brown were among those who visited with Jackson in his final days.
At the same time, the Jackson family struggled to gain medical information about the dying man.
A source close to Joe's daughter Janet confirmed that she too had been denied access to see her father in recent days.
And Joe's other daughter Joh'Vonnie Jackson - the product of an extra-marital affair - had also been barred from seeing her dad despite being very close to him and living nearby in Vegas claimed the source.
Jackson's son Jermaine confirmed the odd situation when approached by DailyMail.com.
'No one knew what was going on - we shouldn't have to beg, plead, and argue to see our own father, especially at a time like this,' he said.
'We have been hurting.We were not being told where he was and couldn't get the full picture. Even from the doctor. My mother was worried sick.'
Jermaine, 63, added at the time: 'He's very very frail, he doesn't have long. The family needs to be by his bedside - that's our only intention in his final days.
'It's what any family would want, but some people around him think they know better...and they don't.'
Family man: Jackson himself had given verbal instructions making clear he did not want visitors or family members to see him or his medical records in his final weeks (Jackson with his sons in 1970)
Tribute: Randy Jackson Jr remembered his grandfather with a social media post on Wednesday (above)
The way they were: Randy Jr also shared an image of Jackson and wife Katherine (above)
Jackson guided his children to unprecedented success as The Jackson 5 after his own attempt at stardom did not pan out with his band The Falcons.
Prior to that, Jackson had attempted to forge a career as a professional boxer after his 1949 wedding to Katherine.
He was born Fountain Hill, Arkansas just one year before The Great Depression to Samuel Jackson, a university professor who was the son of a slave.
He was the oldest of five children, and at the age of 12 moved to California with his father when his parents split.
His mother and other four siblings all moved to Chicago, with Jackson later joining them at the age of 18 when his father remarried.
That is when he began to pursue boxing, having dropped out of high school, and was briefly married to another woman before divorcing her and then pursuing a relationship with Katherine Scruse.
The two married soon after and he got a job at Inland Steel as a crane operator.
One year later, the couple had their first of 10 children, daughter Rebbie.
In was in the early 1960s that he began to create what would become the Jackson 5, which initially consisted of his three eldest sons: Jackie, Tito and Jermaine.
The boys were known as The Jackson Brothers and forced to spend most of their free time practicing as Jackson demanded perfection.
The group then became the Jackson 5 when Marlon and Michael joined a backup singers.
All that practice did pay off however, and the group found success on the road before drawing the attention of Gordon Keith, who released the group's first single in 1968 with Michael as the lead singer.
That was the beginning of the group's ascent, which all culminated with the boys being signed to Motown Records and the release of their first album, Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5.
The support of that A-list singing star catapulted the group, whose hits included ABC, I'll Be There and I Want You Back.
By that time the family was living in California, and after six years with Motown the boys signed an even more lucrative deal with Epic while Jackson began to send his three daughters Rebbie, Janet and LaToya out on the road to perform.
Janet's ascent began in 1982, and for the next two decades she was a fixture on the pop charts alongside her brother Michael, who had gone solo by that point.
At the same time, Jackson's reputation began to tarnish as details of his abhorrent behavior towards his children and extramarital affairs began to emerge.
It was also revealed that Katherine had filed for divorce in 1973 because of her husband's infidelity but later withdrew those papers.
One year later he welcomed his eleventh child, Joh'Vonnie, with his mistress Cheryl Terrell.
Jackson and Terrell went on to have a relationship for 25 years, and in 1982 Katherine once again filed fir divorce before once again deciding to opt out of the proceedings at the last second.
In 1993, Jackson suffered perhaps the most devastating blow of his life and career when Michael appeared on Oprah Winfrey's eponymous talk show and went into great detail about the emotional and physical abuse he endured during his youth.
That sit-down remains the most watched interview in television history, with 90 million people tuning in to hear the King of Pop speak openly for the first time in 14 years.
It would also be one of his last interviews, as he retreated from the public eye soon after in the wake of allegations that he had sexually molested young boys.
Jackson, despite his son's comments to Winfrey, stood by Michael's side throughout the trials that followed, often accompanying Michael to court.
In 2002 he was also inducted into the Rock and Hall of Fame as the Best Entertainment Manager of All Time.
Janet also paid tribute to her father just a few days ago at the Radio Disney Awards, where she was honored.
'My father, my incredible father drove me to be the best I can,' said Janet, who recently welcomed her first child last year, son Eissa Al Mana.
