LA TOYA JACKSON
LA TOYA JACKSON
29 MAY 1956
MICHAEL JACKSON’S SISTER
La Toya Jackson was born on her sister Rebbie’s birthday in Gary, Indiana, US. She was a Jehovah Witness, she and her mother would go preaching door-to-door. Her father wanted his children to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. La Toya appeared on the variety program The Jacksons and in 1978, when The Wiz was in production, she and Michael lived together in an apartment in New York. La Toya released her first album in 1980, and did the backing vocals on Michael’s single PYT and sang on ‘We Are the World’.
In 1987, La Toya started a relationship with Jack Gordon who became her manager and took over her life. She got a sexier image and posed for Playboy in 1989 and 1991. La Toya said he forced her to marry him in 1989, the marriage was abusive and she lost contact with her family. She wrote an autobiography where she accused her father of physical abuse. In 1992 she became one of the highest paid performers at Moulin Rouge, Paris. In 1993, Gordon abused her so bad that he thought she was deceased; he was arrested and then released. That same year she said that Gordon made her accuse Michael of child abuse crimes during a press conference. Her career came crashing down; she was bankrupt and then released an exercise video. Her brother Randy helped her escape Gordon and they divorced in 1997 (he died in 2005).
La Toya appeared on talk shows, reality television, wrote a book and released new music. In 2009, Michael died; she requested a second autopsy on her brother when she noticed suspicious medical paraphernalia in his home. His death was ruled a homicide.
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