Paris Jackson took to Instagram on Wednesday (June 27) to share an emotional tribute to Joe Jackson after his passing.
“spending those last few moments with you were everything,” she wrote alongside a photo of her hand holding her grandfather’s at the hospital. “being able to tell you everything i needed to tell you before saying goodbye was such a blessing. everyone that came to visit you, came with love, respect, and so much pride in their hearts for you. proud of you, proud to be your children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, proud to have your strength and share the dynasty you spent your life creating, and proud to be a jackson. you are the first true jackson. the legend that started it all.”
“i made you promise me you’ll come visit me,” she ended the post with. “you agreed and i’m going to hold you to it. and i promised you that we will keep telling your story, over and over. to never be forgotten. my great grandchildren will know who joseph jackson is. i love you grandpa. so so so much that words can’t describe. i have immense gratitude for you, and always will. we all feel that way. thank you for everything. truly. rest in peace and transition. i’ll see you in my dreams very very soon.”
Joe Jackson, father and early manager of the Jacksons, died on Wednesday (June 27) after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 89 years old.
Jackson was a notoriously harsh manager to his children, but successfully launched his five sons Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Michael, and Marlon into the Jackson 5. Michael went on to reach solo super-stardom as the “King of Pop.”
Despite controversial allegations against his parenting, Janet Jackson spoke warmly of her father as she received the Radio Disney Music Awards first-ever Impact Award. “My mother nourished me with the most extravagant love imaginable,” she said. “My father, my incredible father drove me to be the best I can.”
Following his death, grandsons Randy Jackson Jr. and Taj Jackson also took to Twitter to express their grief over the patriarch’s passing.