Joe Jackson obituary

Father who single-mindedly drove the Jackson family to musical superstardomHad it not been for Joseph Jackson, who has died aged 89, the world would almost certainly never have experienced the pop music phenomena of the Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson, nor seen the success of La Toya Jackson and Janet Jackson. As the father of this remarkable brood of talented children, Joe raised them and guided their careers with unbending single-mindedness. Though he achieved extraordinary results, the process