Tito Jackson Laid to Rest in Same Cemetery as Joe and Michael Jackson
Nearly two months after the death of Tito Jackson, the Jackson 5 singer was laid to rest Monday in the same cemetery as his brother and band mate Michael Jackson.
Tito was buried during a private ceremony at Glendale, California’s Forest Lawn Memorial Park, where family patriarch Joe Jackson was also buried upon his death in 2018.
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According to the Associated Press, siblings La Toya Jackson and Marlon Jackson, as well as Michael’s children Paris and Bigi Jackson, were in attendance.
Tito’s three sons — Taj, Taryll, and T.J. — previously announced their father’s Sept. 15 death on social media, calling him “an incredible man who cared about everyone and their well-being.” They continued, “Some of you may know him as Tito Jackson from the legendary Jackson 5, some may know him as ‘Coach Tito’ or some know him as ‘Poppa T.’ Nevertheless, he will be missed tremendously. It will forever be ‘Tito Time’ for us. Please remember to do what our father always preached and that is ‘Love One Another.’ We love you Pops.”
Tito Jackson was the third-oldest of the nine Jackson siblings and the second — after Michael, who died in 2009 — to die. Tito is survived by their family’s 94-year-old mother, Katherine, and the seven other remaining Jackson siblings: La Toya, Janet, Jermaine, Randy, Marlon, Jackie, and Rebbie.
Following his death, his sister Janet Jackson wrote in a tribute, “May you rest in eternal peace. I will miss you so much.”
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