Report: Joe Jackson, father of Michael Jackson, passes away

NEW YORK (AP) — Joseph Jackson, the strong, fearsome patriarch of the musical Jackson family, has died, according to a person close to the family.The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to discuss the topic publicly, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Jackson died but had no additional information. He was 89.Jackson was a guitarist who put his own musical ambitions aside to work in the steel mills to support his wife and nine children