Rarely a woman these days can afford to raise more than two children, and for many, motherhood becomes a real burden. But one very strong woman proved by her example that it is possible to raise and raise nine children in love and care, while some of them are world-class stars, and among them is the legend and king of pop music Michael Jackson. This is Katherine Jackson. The biography of this beautiful woman is truly special, because it was not for nothing that in 1985 she was awarded the “Mother of the Year” award.
Early years
Katherine Jackson's homeland (see the photo of the woman in the article) is the province of Barbour in the state of Alabama (USA), where she was born on May 4, 1930 in the family of farmer Prince Albert Vinta and Martha Upshaw. A little later, their family changed their last name to Scruse in honor of the family whose slave was Katherine's great-grandfather, whose name was Kandell Brown. His melodic voice was known throughout the area. Jackson believes that perhaps the penchant for singing ran in her family genetically.
In 1934, the Scruse family moved to Chicago because his father was looking for work and got a job at a factory, and then at the railroad. But soon Martha and Prince Albert divorced, and Catherine, as well as her sister Hattie, remained with their mother. In the 30s of the last century, a vaccine against polio, the so-called infantile paralysis, had not yet been invented, so in those days many children died from it or remained disabled. It was this disease that struck Katherine at the age of one and a half years. For many years, the girl walked on crutches and spent a significant amount of time in the hospital. She couldn't even finish school on time. Katherine received her certificate as an adult, taking evening courses. And she had a slight limp for the rest of her life.
Michael Jackson's ex-wife Deborah Rowe
Michael Jackson's ex-wife, Deborah Rowe, was far from the world of cinema or show business, as she worked as an assistant to a dermatologist. The young people met in 1996, when Michael was undergoing treatment for vitiligo.
Deborah asked why he regretted that the marriage ended, and Jackson said that he would like to have children with the woman he loved. Rowe jokingly promised to give him babies, and the King of Pop thought about it and agreed.
It is worth noting that many considered this union strange, since Deborah gave birth to her wife two children, and then simply renounced parental rights to them, filing a divorce in 1999.
Music connected them
Even as a teenager, due to her illness, Kate, as her family and friends call her, was very shy. Her classmates often laughed at her, and her only outlet was music. The girl sang in the Baptist church in their town, but dreamed of becoming an artist someday. As a young girl, she fell in love with Joseph Jackson, who was a very temperamental and musical guy, but he preferred someone else. However, a year later the couple divorced, and Joe began dating Kate. Soon, on November 5, 1949, they got married in Indiana, in a place called Crown Point. Then the couple moved to the industrial town of Gary, where they lived for many years. According to close people, Katherine Jackson adored her husband, and even knowing about his affairs on the side, she turned a blind eye to them, because the divorce of her own parents was a severe trauma for her. Katherine swore to herself that she would marry once and for the rest of her life.
Biography and personal life of Michael Jackson
The biography and personal life of Michael Jackson has always attracted the attention of fans and ill-wishers.
Father, Joseph Jackson, a boxer, crane operator, famous manager and producer of his own children, died in June of this year from cancer.
Her mother, Katherine Jackson, worked in a store selling clothes, but she also sang beautifully and played the clarinet and piano.
Brothers - Marlon Jackson, Toriano Adaril (Tito) Jackson, German Lajuan (Jeremy) Jackson, Zigmund Esko (Jackie) Jackson became singers, musicians and music producers.
Brother - Stephen (Randell) Jackson, sisters - Morris (Rabby) Jackson, Janet (Dameta) Jackson, La Toya (Yvonne) Jackson - also found themselves in the world of music, cinema and television.
Since 1964, the guy became a member of the family group “The Jacksons”, with which he toured the world, recorded albums and starred in reality, while warming up audiences in strip clubs.
Ten years later he began his solo career, and then performed in the musical “The Wizard of Oz.” From 1972 to 2001, ten studio albums were recorded, two more were released after the death of the King of Pop.
In 1993, Michael visited Russia, giving a concert at Luzhniki, and three years later returned to our country again. He acted in full-length and short films, was a screenwriter, producer, and choreographer. He has been listed in the Guinness Book of Records twenty-five times.
The king's personal life was of interest, but he said that he was terribly afraid of women. In 1987, he was secretly and hopelessly in love with dancer Tanya Tambtzen, although the guy kissed her right on stage, the girl was instantly fired so as not to distract Michael from his career.
In addition, Jackson fell in love several times with singer Beyoncé and model Joanna Thoma, but said that no one had ever loved him.
A true mother heroine
The Jackson family lived in a black neighborhood in a small three-room house that the head of the family bought in 1950. It was there that all their children were born. Rebbie (née Maureen) was born first on May 29, 1950, followed by Sigmund Esko, better known as Jackie, on May 4 of the following year. October 15, 1953 was the birthday of Tito (full name Toriano Adaril), and in December 1954, a third son, Jermain Lajuan, was born. The future notorious singer LaToya was born a year later, on May 29.
In March 1957, the Jackson couple gave birth to twins, Marlon David and Brandon, although the latter died a few days later. The seventh child, born on August 29, 1958, was Michael. Katherine Jackson in her book recalled that her mother gave the name to this child. In 1961, Stephen Randel was born, and the last was a girl, Janet Damita, another star child of the heroine mother.
Michael Jackson is alive - evidence
Information constantly appears on the Internet that Michael Jackson is alive - evidence is attached to them. For example, the singer’s friends say that they saw their idol shortly before his death; he was full of strength and making plans for the future.
Fans noticed that the posthumous photo of the singer was too clear, although he was lying in an ambulance with darkened windows, and the expert’s report contained a huge number of errors and inaccuracies.
Michael's father often talks about how he was not allowed to see his son until two days before his death, and that surveillance video mysteriously disappeared. Rumor has it that Jackson is alive because they found his diary, which talked about how he would fake his own death and said that he would be dead in six months.
Most likely, the problem is that Michael began to be accused of molesting minors, debts of $500,000,000 appeared, and his career came to naught.
With God in the heart
While Joseph worked hard at the factory to feed this large family, Katherine skillfully managed the house and household. Children were raised by work, each had their own responsibilities at home. The Jackson family lived very poorly, often not enough money for the most necessary things, but they learned to be content with little. Katherine often had to sew clothes for her children herself. She always zealously believed in God, was a Baptist, then a Lutheran, until she found herself among Jehovah's Witnesses. This teaching became her lifeblood, and she also tried to instill her religious views in her family, especially Rabbie, LaToya and Michael.
After Joseph, who dreamed of fame, failed to play in a band, he hid his guitar in the closet. Katherine has a wonderful soprano, and the guys often took out the instrument and sang together. The father once heard them singing, and thus the Jackson 5 group was born, in which the mother of the family played the role of a stylist and selected suits for the boys.
Instagram and Wikipedia Michael Jackson
Instagram and Wikipedia of Michael Jackson have existed for a long time, despite the fact that he died suddenly. The fact is that interest in his modest person does not fade, and groups in his memory are increasingly appearing on social networks.
From the article dedicated to him on Wikipedia, you can really learn a lot of useful, reliable and relevant information, which is dedicated to his difficult childhood and parents, family and creative path as a musician, filmography and other activities, spouses and children.
The singer’s profile on Instagram is followed by 2,200,000 people, who, even after the death of their favorite, add photographs and review concert videos from different years. Article found on alabanza.ru
Support of the family
Since the Jackson 5 gained fame, Joseph has led and toured with them. He had been convicted of infidelity more than once before, but now he went into all seriousness. The last straw was when Katherine Jackson found out in 1974 about her husband’s illegitimate daughter. But her religiosity, her vow to herself regarding one marriage for life, and also her children became the reason that she did not file for divorce, although she really wanted to. Since then, her relationship with her husband went wrong, and after a while they stopped living under the same roof, but nevertheless she continued to be an excellent mother, devoting herself to children and religion.
In 1991, she released an autobiographical book, Mom, where most of her memories concerned her most famous child, Michael Jackson. She constantly tried to protect her star children from attacks from the press. Michael's death in 2009 became a severe tragedy for her, from which she still cannot recover. In 2010, this incredibly strong woman finally filed for divorce. The last straw was Joseph's accusation, according to whom Katherine was to blame for the death of her son. At the moment, this 85-year-old lady is engaged in charity work and even decided to show herself in the flower business. Having raised nine children, Katherine Jackson does not stop there, because now she is the guardian of Michael's three children.
Family and children of Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson's family and children are areas in which there was a lot of controversy. The fact is that the Jackson family belonged to the petty bourgeoisie, had many children and was part of the Jehovah's Witnesses community, so the children from an early age went to neighboring houses with sermons, but Janet soon moved away from religion.
The kids were afraid of their father because he was very cruel and constantly beat them for the slightest offenses. For example, he scared Michael by sneaking into his window at night in a scary mask in order to wean him from sleeping with the window open, but because of this the boy became afraid that he would be stolen and he was tormented by terrible nightmares.
There were supposed to be ten children in the family, but Marlon’s twin brother, Brandon, died shortly after birth. The guy's parents were mulattoes and an Indian woman who were simply obsessed with country music. By the way, my paternal great-great-grandfather was a shaman named Jack, from whom the surname came.
When the children grew up, their father demanded that all of them, including seven-year-old Janet, call him not daddy, but producer Joseph. The fact is that the parents did not scold their children for breaking the strings on the guitar, but arranged an audition and created a musical group from the eldest five children, which brought in a constant profit.
In addition, the whole family starred in the reality show “The Jacksons,” which was also profitable and helped promote the musical group. At the same time, no one knew that their father beat musical, cheerful and resourceful children with a lot of talents at rehearsals with a leather belt. Joseph was incredibly cruel, he constantly humiliated children morally and physically and demanded unquestioning obedience from them, so they tried to leave home early into adulthood.
The guy had three children from his second wife and an unknown woman; he was jealous of his kids, putting masks on them before going out. After the man’s death, his mother took custody of the children.
Jackson's upbringing was not the same as his father's, but he compensated for his complexes by creating the Neverland ranch, which had cafes, amusement parks, and a sea of toys, where he invited American children to spend the night.
By the way, in 1993 and 2003, two thirteen-year-old boys accused Michael of sexual harassment and were awarded a tidy sum, and after that they admitted that this never happened.
