Death of Michael Jackson He was very mentally aware when we saw him and he was in a very good mood." Jackson is survived by his three children, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., known as "Prince" (b. 1997); Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson (b. 1998), born during his marriage to his second wife, Debbie Rowe; and Prince Michael Jackson II, known as "Blanket", born in 2002 to a surrogate mother. He is also survived by his brothers, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Randy; sisters Rebbie, La Toya and Janet; and parents Joseph and Katherine. Katherine was granted temporary guardianship of Michael's three children on June 29, 2009.
Michael Jackson (writer) styles. His influential television series "The Beer Hunter" was shown in fifteen different countries. He was as well-versed in malt whisky as he was in beer, and his book "Michael Jackson's Malt Whisky Companion" (1989) is the best-selling book on the subject in the world. At the time of his death Jackson had been suffering from Parkinson's disease for at least a decade. He did not declare his illness until his symptoms caused some to think he was drunk. Jackson was born in Wetherby, West Riding of Yorkshire. His father had Anglicised his Lithuanian Jewish surname Jakowitz to Jackson. The