Monday, September 16, 2024 -American musician, Tito Jackson has died at the age of 70.
The Jackson 5 founding member
and Michael Jackson's older brother passed away on Sunday, September 15,
from a suspected heart attack while driving from New
Mexico to Oklahoma, family friend and former Jackson family manager
Steve Manning told ET.
An official cause of death has not
yet been determined.
Tito was last pictured on
September 9 in Munich, Germany six days before his death, ahead of a
performance by The Jacksons featuring brothers Jackie and Marlon Jackson.
Tito is survived by his three sons Taj, 41, Taryll, 39, and TJ, 46 - and nine grandchildren.
His sons' mother
was Delores 'Dee Dee' Martes who Jackson wed in 1972 and divorced in 1988.
She was found dead in a
swimming pool in 1994 aged 39. While her d3ath was originally ruled accidental,
her boyfriend Donald Bohana was subsequently charged with murdering her and
later found guilty of second-degree murder in 1998.
He was granted parole in
December 2022 after serving 24 years.
The Jackson 5 formed in 1964,
with founding members Tito - born Toriano Adaryll - Jackie and Jermaine;
younger brothers Marlon and Michael joined soon after.
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