Joseph Joe Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson family is dying, his son Jermaine has claimed and admitted that the family have been trying to contact him.
Michael Jacksons brother Jermaine, claims that the family were unable to visit the 89-year-old, who is said to be suffering from an undisclosed terminal illness.
Jermaine told Dailymail.co.uk that the people around the father-of-eleven have prevented the family, including his wife Katherine, from seeing him.
He said: No one knew what was going on – we shouldnt have to beg, plead, and argue to see our own father, especially at a time like this. We have been hurting.
We were not being told where he was and couldnt get the full picture. Even from the doctor. My mother was worried sick.
Hes very, very frail, he doesnt have long. The family needs to be by his bedside – thats our only intention in his final days.
Its what any family would want, but some people around him think they know better…and they dont.
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According to the Mail, the musicians sons and daughters were in heated discussions about their father for four days.
It was only following an emergency Jackson family meeting, in which they pleaded with the senior Jacksons manager, Charles Coupet, that the family were able to see him on Tuesday night.
Though the family is distraught by the lack of information surrounding him, it appears Joe had given verbal instructions preventing visitors and family members from seeing him or his medical records.
It is believed that his daughters, Robbie and JohVonnie, along with granddaughter Yashi Brown, visited him in Las Vegas, Nevada on Tuesday.
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Joe Jackson has been poorly for a number of years. According to reports, he had suffered a stroke on his 87th birthday. In 2017 he, along with daughter Janet had been involved in a car accident near the Las Vegas Strip after a red SUV hit the Black Jaguar where Joe was in the passenger seat. He was later rushed to hospital, but had got out of it without a scratch.
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Metro.co.uk has contacted Jermaine and Joes reps for further comment.
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