Joe Jackson passes away at 89

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.  

A family source tells DailyMail.com that Jackson, who had his wife Katherine by his side when he passed away, faded into unconsciousness on Tuesday.  

Katherine made the decision to move Jackson into hospice care over the weekend as his health began to rapidly decline.

The patriarch of the Jackson family had voiced his desire to hold on through Monday said the family source, which marked the ninth anniversary of his son's death. 

Jackson and his wife 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.

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.   

'I will always love you! You gave us strength, you made us one of the most famous families in the world,' wrote his daughter LaToya>

'I am extremely appreciative of that, I will never forget our moments together and how you told me how much you cared. #RIP Joe Jackson.'

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.   

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