Joe Jackson buried in same LA-area cemetery as son Michael
In this March 15, 2005 file photo, Pop star Michael Jackson leaves the Santa Barbara County Courthouse with his father, Joe, in Santa Maria, Calif., following a day of testimony in Jackson’s trial on charges of child molestation. Joe Jackson, the patriarch of America’s most famous musical clan has died, says a family source on Wednesday, June 27. He was 89. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant, File)
LOS ANGELES — Jackson family patriarch Joseph “Joe” Jackson has been buried in the same Southern California cemetery as his late son Michael.
A source close to the family who is not authorized to speak publicly said Joe was laid to rest Monday in a private ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.
Jackson died Wednesday in Las Vegas at age 89, and is survived by wife Katherine, eight children, and dozens of grandchildren.
Eldest son Jackie posted a photo of himself on Instagram Monday afternoon in a black suit and sunglasses while dressing one of his young twin sons in a similar suit.
Michael was entombed in 2009 in the mausoleum at the opulent cemetery that is also the final resting place of Elizabeth Taylor and Walt Disney. /kga
