Johnny Jackson, ex- Jackson 5 drummer, stabbed to death; Michael's cousin
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By Jeremy Gorner
Tribune staff reporter
Published March 2, 2006, 4:39 PM CST
Johnny Jackson, a former drummer for the Jackson 5, was found stabbed
to death at a house in Gary, Ind., police said this afternoon.
Around 11:23 p.m. Wednesday, officers responded to an emergency call
from the home, in the 2600 block of Connecticut Street, and found
Johnny Jackson unconscious with a stab wound to his chest, Gary police
Cmdr. Jack Arnold said.
The victim, 54, of the 300 block of Grant Street in Gary, was
pronounced dead at 12:20 a.m. at the scene today by the Lake County,
Ind., coroner's office.
A witness who lives upstairs in the home heard a disturbance coming
from downstairs between Jackson and a female acquaintance of Jackson's,
Arnold said. The witness went downstairs to see what was going on and
found Jackson lying in the first-floor living room area before calling
911.
No one was in custody this afternoon and detectives were conducting a
homicide investigation, according to Arnold. A description of the
female acquaintance was unavailable, and Arnold did not know how the
two knew each other.
Arnold said police believe Johnny Jackson was a first cousin of Michael
Jackson. The Jackson 5 lived in Gary before becoming pop music stars in
the 1960s.
wazzzy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_5
Motown publicity significantly altered the group's history, reducing
Michael's age from eleven to eight to make him appear cuter,
identifying unrelated band musicians Johnny Jackson and Ronnie Rancifer
as cousins of the Jacksons, and crediting Diana Ross with discovering
the group
danny burstein
>from Wikipedia,
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_5
>Motown publicity significantly altered the group's history, reducing
>Michael's age from eleven to eight to make him appear cuter,
and male...
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King Daevid MacKenzie
> Motown publicity significantly altered the group's history, reducing
> Michael's age from eleven to eight to make him appear cuter,
> identifying unrelated band musicians Johnny Jackson and Ronnie Rancifer
> as cousins of the Jacksons, and crediting Diana Ross with discovering
> the group
...as I recall, the real credit (or blame) for discovery goes to Bobby
Taylor, who, with his backup band The Vancouvers (with Tommy Chong on
bass), had a string of middling Soul hits on Motown in the late '60s,
perhaps the best being "Does your Mama know about me?" (There's a page
at http://acmi.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPagesT/taylor.html that lists
their earlier band names, one of which I'm positive will jump off the
page at you once you see it!) Taylor was opening shows on a concert tour
with Gladys Knight & The Pips when he first encountered Joe Jackson's
brood...
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Brian Watson
"King Daevid MacKenzie" <echoes...@charter.net> wrote in message
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> wazzzy sez:
>
>> Motown publicity significantly altered the group's history, reducing
>> Michael's age from eleven to eight to make him appear cuter,
>> identifying unrelated band musicians Johnny Jackson and Ronnie Rancifer
>> as cousins of the Jacksons, and crediting Diana Ross with discovering
>> the group
>
> ...as I recall, the real credit (or blame) for discovery goes to Bobby
> Taylor,
Oh I think the Jackson Five were a damn fine pop act.
It was the management of Michael's career that allowed and encouraged his
eccentricity.
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Brian
Charlene
King Daevid MacKenzie wrote:
> (There's a page
> at http://acmi.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPagesT/taylor.html that lists
> their earlier band names, one of which I'm positive will jump off the
> page at you once you see it!)
O_o
wd41
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(CBS) GARY, Ind. A woman was facing murder charges Saturday in the
death of former Jackson Five drummer Johnny Jackson in Gary, Ind.
Gary Police say Yolanda Davis, 44, turned herself in on Friday. She was
charged with killing Jackson following a domestic dispute at his Gary
home on Wednesday.
Johnny Jackson, 54, was the original drummer for the Jackson Five, but
he is not related to the family.