Joe Jackson dead: Michael Jackson's father passes away aged 89

Michael Jackson's father Joe has died aged 89, just days after being hospitalized with stage four pancreatic cancer
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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
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

By Chris Spargo and Ryan Parry West Coast Correspondent For Dailymail.com

Published: 11:57 EDT, 27 June 2018 | Updated: 12:48 EDT, 27 June 2018

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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.

Joe was being treated in Las Vegas as recently as last week, but TMZ reports that he passed away in Los Angeles at around 3:30am with his wife Katherine by his side.

The pair 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.

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.

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)

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 to marry Katherine Scusse.

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.