Joe Jackson Tweets About His Battle With Terminal Cancer While Janet Jackson Pays Tribute To Him At The Radio Disney Music Awards
Joe Jackson, the leader of the Jackson family for generations has recently tweeted about his condition after TMZ reported last week that he is battling terminal cancer.
I have seen more sunsets than I have left to see. The sun rises when the time comes and whether you like it or not the sun sets when the time comes. pic.twitter.com/PGcmbulzyC
— Joseph Jackson (@Joe5Jackson) June 24, 2018
Sources connected to the family revealed to TMZ that, Joe has been battling the illness for “some time”, but it is at the end stages. Joe Jackson’s wife, Katherine, the mother to the Jackson family has been at his bedside as she was joined by her children and grandchildren. Janet Jackson paid tribute to her father last week when she accepted the very first Radio Disney Music Awards’ Impact Award at the 2018 Radio Disney Music Awards on the Disney Channel.
Joe’s tweet to the world to the world came on the day before the anniversary of the untimely death of Joe’s son, Michael who passed away on today, June 25thback in 2009. While the tweet was trending over the weekend, Michael Jackson’s 20 year old daughter, Paris Jackson also took to Twitter earlier to question the motivation behind the tweet’s origin We will keep you posted on any developments on Joe’s condition as new details become available.
this is a beautiful tweet. though it upsets me to see whoever is in charge of this account taking advantage of it. my grandfather did not tweet this. i’m not sure if he’s ever used this account. https://t.co/KU6jikCD7G
— Paris-Michael K. J. (@ParisJackson) June 25, 2018
thank you all for the love you’ve sent during this time.
— Paris-Michael K. J. (@ParisJackson) June 25, 2018