Joe Jackson has been hospitalized in Las Vegas with terminal pancreatic cancer and reportedly has only days to live according to a Friday, June 22 report from Radar Online.
At this time the family has gathered at the hospital to say their goodbyes. Joe Jackson, the 89-year-old father of Michael Jackson, has been reportedly suffering from declining health for the past few years. On Friday, June 22, TMZ reported that Joe Jackson had been quietly battling cancer for some time but is now at the "end stages." Son, Jermaine stated on Wednesday to the Daily Mail that he and his siblings have been struggling to get medical information on their father's condition.
MJ's estate not obligated to pay for Joe Jackson's final expenses
Jermaine Jackson stated on his father's condition, "he is very frail, he doesn't have long." Tensions are running high among the Jackson family members as they hold vigil by their dying father's bedside. Radar Online claims that members of the family are in disagreement and fighting over their dying father's funeral arrangements.
Katherine Jackson wants a big send-off for Joe
Sources close to the family allegedly told Radar online on Friday that Joe Jackson was not listed in his late son, "King of Pop" Michael Jackson's will. This means that MJ's estate is not obligated to pay for his father's final expenses. The disagreement among the family comes at a hard time.
Part of the family wants Joe Jackson to have a large and lavish send-off; however, the burden of the expense will fall on the children's shoulders, and they are refusing to pay the bill.
The family informant reveals that Katherine, Jermaine, and Latoya are all for the big funeral, however, they have asked the rest of the family to pitch in and pay, and they have said no.
It is said to be a messy situation, with everyone fighting over the details.
Joe Jackson has been in declining health for several years. The Jackson family patriarch was injured in 2017 in a car accident. He has also suffered from various medical conditions in recent years including dementia, strokes, and a heart attack.
The father of the famous family has lived in Las Vegas for years and had ten children with wife Katherine, Maureen, 68, Jackie, 67, Tito, 64, Jermaine, 63, La Toya, 62, Marlon, 61, Randy, 56, and Janet, 52.
They also had two sons that have died, Son Brandon who died at birth and Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson died from an apparent cardiac arrest at age 50 on June 25, 2009.
If Mr.Jackson manages to hang on for three more days, he and son Michael Jackson will have both passed on the same day, nine years apart,