Jackson 5 founding member Tito Jackson ‘dies aged 70’

Michael Jackson ’s eldest brother and founding Jackson 5 member Tito Jackson has died at the age of 70, it is reported. Steve Manning, a longtime Jackson family friend and former Jackson family manager, told Entertainment Tonight that Jackson died on September 16. The publication added that an official cause of death has not yet been confirmed, but Manning believes Jackson suffered a heart attack while driving from New Mexico to Oklahoma.

Jackson was performing with Jackie Jackson and Marlon Jackson of the Jackson 5 and The Jacksons as recently as August, as he took to the stage for Fool in Love Festival at Hollywood Park Grounds in California on August 31, 2024. Tito was the third eldest Jackson after Rebbie, 74, and Jackie, 73, and before Jermaine, 69, La Toya, 68, Marlon, 67 (whose twin brother Brandon died in childbirth) Brandon, 40, Michael – who died in 2009 -Randy, 68, and Janet, 58. Metro.



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