Joe Jackson
Disciplinarian manager and patriarch of the Jackson musical family
Joe Jackson, who has died aged 89, failed in his ambition to become an R&B star but found ample compensation in managing the Jackson 5 and the Jacksons — and in transforming one of his sons, Michael, into the most famous musician on the planet.
However, there were accusations that he had been an abusive patriarch who bullied his children in pursuit of success.
Michael publicly discussed in later years the violent discipline that he and his brothers suffered. He claimed he had been whipped with a belt and taunted for supposedly having a large nose.
Jackson Sr defended himself robustly, if not always plausibly. In a 2003 interview, he declared: “I whipped him with…
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