Joe Jackson (Talent Manager) - Trivia, Family, Bio

The father of pop singers Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and their other famous siblings, this talent manager formed a company called Joe Jackson Productions and guided his children's music careers.

Before Fame

After growing up in Arkansas and Indiana, he began his adult life as a crane operator at the Inland Steel Company.

Trivia

His youngest child, Joh'Vonnie Jackson, was the result of a nearly three-decade-long extramarital affair with Cheryl Terrell.

Family Life

He married Katherine Scruse in 1949. The union resulted in nine surviving children (one son, Brandon, was stillborn): Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, La Toya, Marlon, Michael, Randy, and Janet.

Associated With

He was portrayed by actor Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs in the 1992 ABC miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream.

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