On Friday, Joe Jackson was reported to be hospitalized with a serious, possibly terminal illness.
TMZ, citing family sources, reported that Jackson has terminal cancer.
Daily Mail said some of the family had been barred from their father?s hospital room.
In the 1960s, Jackson trained his children as performers and led The Jackson 5 to global pop music success.
For decades the Jackson family has been riven by legal battles, jealousies, arguments over money and estrangements.