2024-09-23 14:11:27
Tito Jackson died Sunday at the age of 70 while returning from New Mexico to his home in Oklahoma.
Tito Jackson died at the age of 70Michael’s older brother and member of the Jackson Five in the 1960s and 70s, as confirmed by the artist’s children through social media.
According to TJ, Taj and Taryll, the singer passed away on Sunday, while traveling from New Mexico to his home in Oklahomaa.
According to the first reports delivered by the American press, The death was due to a heart attack while driving his car.
“It is with great sadness that we announce that our beloved father, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Tito Jackson, is no longer with us.“, her children Taj, Taryll and TJ posted on their Instagram account.
“We are broken, saddened and shocked. Our father was an amazing man. “who cared about everyone and their well-being,” Tito Jackson’s children added in the same post in which they confirmed his death.
It all started with the Jackson Five
In the mid-1960s Tito and his brothers Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael formed the group The Jackson Fivewhich achieved rapid success.
After the Michael’s decision to start his solo careerthe other brothers chose to continue with the group, which in 1997 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Since 2003 Tito Jackson was touring with his own band and, according to specialized press reports, In 2016 he became the last of the Jackson brothers to achieve a Billboard hit as a solo artist.thanks to his song Get It Baby.
Just over a week ago he had appeared alongside Marlon and Jackie in the English town of Surrey, and They were scheduled to perform on October 25 in Atlantic City.