The father of late Michael Jackson, Joe Jackson, is critically ill in a hospital with terminal cancer.
Family sources said that the 89-year-old Jackson has been battling the illness for some time, and it is now in its last stages.
His wife, Katherine, has been at his bedside recently, with some of his children and grandchildren.
Joe Jackson has battled a variety of illnesses in recent years.
The 89-year-old has been ill for months, but took a turn for the worse in the past week, sources close to the family have disclosed.
Celebrity Big Brother star Jermaine, 63, added: “He’s very very frail, he doesn’t have long. The family needs to be by his bedside – that’s our only intention in his final days.
“It’s what any family would want, but some people around him think they know better…and they don’t.”
It’s understood Katherine and daughter Rebbie had finally been able to visit Joe at his Vegas home last week after learning his health had deteriorated.
Jermaine Jackson, 63, has since retreated on his claims as he tweeted: “My father’s health is not good, but “dying” is a harsh word…. For however long he has left, my mother, siblings, and relatives want to be with him, without hindrance
Micheal Jackson’s talent manager dad Joe guided his children to showbiz success as The Jackson 5.
Michael Jackson died of an overdose of the drugs propofol and benzodiazepine after suffering a cardiac arrest on June 25, 2009.
Michael is said to have taken revenge by cutting his father out of his will and stipulating that his mother Katherine, and not his father, should get custody of his three children.
