{"id":211614,"date":"2024-09-16T05:50:08","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T09:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=211614"},"modified":"2024-09-16T05:50:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T09:50:09","slug":"jackson-5-singer-tito-jackson-dead-at-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/jackson-5-singer-tito-jackson-dead-at-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackson 5 singer Tito Jackson dead at 70"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BBC: Tito Jackson, an original member of the Jackson 5 pop group and brother of the late Michael Jackson, has died aged 70, US media report.<\/p>

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An official cause of death is yet to be determined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tito performed in the famous ensemble with brothers Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael, who died in 2009.<\/p>

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He was recently in Munich ahead of a performance that the group were due to give.<\/p>

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Steve Manning, a long-time Jackson family friend and former Jackson family manager, told Entertainment Tonight that Jackson died on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news was confirmed in an Instagram post by Jackson’s three sons, Taj, Taryll and TJ Jackson, who were themselves an R’n’B\/pop trio, 3T, in the 1990s.<\/p>

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“We are shocked, saddened and heartbroken,” they wrote. “Our father was an incredible man who cared about everyone and their well-being.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They continued: “He will be missed tremendously. It will forever be ‘Tito Time’ for us.<\/p>

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“Please remember to do what our father always preached and that is ‘Love One Another’. We love you Pops.”<\/p>

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The Jackson 5’s hits included ABC, The Love You Save and I Want You Back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n