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Tito Jackson laid to rest in the same cemetery as Michael and Joe Jackson

Tito Jackson laid to rest in the same cemetery as Michael and Joe Jackson

Siblings La Toya Jackson and Marlon Jackson, as well as Michael’s children Paris and Bigi Jackson, attended the Jackson 5 singer’s funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Monday

Almost two months later death by Tito Jacksonthe Jackson 5 singer was buried on Monday in the same cemetery as his brother and bandmate Michael Jackson.

Tito was buried in a private ceremony in Glendale, California’s Forest Lawn Memorial Park, where family patriarch Joe Jackson was also buried after his death in 2018.

According to the associated presssiblings La Toya Jackson and Marlon Jackson, as well as Michael’s children Paris and Bigi Jackson, were in attendance.

Tito’s three sons – Taj, Taryll and TJ – previously announced their father’s death on social media on September 15, calling him “an incredible man who cared about everyone and their well-being.” They continued, “Some of you may know him as Tito Jackson from the legendary Jackson 5, some of you may know him as ‘Coach Tito’ or some of you may know him as ‘Poppa T.’ Still, he will be greatly missed. For us it will forever be ‘Tito Time’. Remember to do what our father always preached and that is, “Love one another.” We love you, daddy.”

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Tito Jackson was the third eldest of Jackson’s nine siblings and the second – after Michael, who died in 2009 – to die. Tito is survived by their family’s 94-year-old mother, Katherine, and the seven other surviving Jackson siblings: La Toya, Janet, Jermaine, Randy, Marlon, Jackie and Rebbie.

After his death, his sister Janet Jackson wrote in tribute“May you rest in eternal peace. I will miss you so much.”