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La Toya Jackson
Songwriter
Female
Born
May 29, 1986
Age
27
Hometown
Gary, Indiana
Genres
Contemporary R&B ...
Performed With
Janet Jackson + U...
Record Label
Polydor
Other Names
Jackson, La Toya
La Toya Yvonne Jackson is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, television personality, actress, businesswoman, philanthropist, activist and former model. She is the fifth child of the Jackson family. She maintained a career as a singer throughout… Read More
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Watch: Single Since 1996?!Huffington Post - Apr 26, 2013
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Watch: La Toya Jackson Details Ex's AbuseHuffington Post - Apr 24, 2013
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Watch: La Toya Says Ex Husband 'Abusive,' Had 'Strong Ties... To The Mafia'Huffington Post - Apr 17, 2013
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Watch: How La Toya Feels About Mj's Annual Memorial ServiceHuffington Post - Apr 12, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1956
Birth
Born on her sister Rebbie's 6th birthday on May 29, 1956, in Gary, Indiana, La Toya Jackson is the fifth of nine children born to Joseph Jackson and Katherine Jackson and the middle female child between Rebbie and Janet.
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1965
9 Years Old
After her mother became a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses in 1965, La Toya, along with the rest of her siblings followed.
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TEENAGE
1972
16 Years Old
By 1972, at sixteen, La Toya joined her brothers in the spotlight with a tap dancing routine when her father arranged for them to perform shows in Las Vegas, among other cities.
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TWENTIES
In 1980, Jackson released her self-titled debut album.
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1982
26 Years Old
In 1982, Jackson released a follow-up album, My Special Love, which generated two singles, "Stay the Night" and "I Don't Want You to Go".
1984 saw the release of Jackson's critically acclaimed album Heart Don't Lie.
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In 1985 Jackson participated on the single "We Are the World", an appeal for famine relief in Ethiopia.
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THIRTIES
In 1987 Jackson was featured as a special guest at Minako Honda's DISPA (Disco Party) concert, joining in for the song, "Funkytown".
Katherine Jackson recalled her shock seeing La Toya dance in a suggestive manner in 1988 for the first time in her autobiography My Family, The Jacksons, "she'd been so conservative that she'd once dropped a friend who had begun wearing low-cut tops and skirts with slits in them."
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In March 1989, Jackson posed topless for Playboy magazine.
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In 1992 Jackson signed a contract with the Moulin Rouge in Paris to star in her own revue, Formidable.
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In 1993 in their New York home, Gordon beat Jackson repeatedly with a heavy brass dining room chair, leaving Jackson with black eyes, swollen lip and chin "the size of a clenched fist," cuts requiring 12 mouth stitches and contusions on her face, arms, legs and back.
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In 1994, Jackson again worked for Playboy Entertainment, becoming one the very first celebrities to have a Celebrity Centerfold video.
FORTIES
Jackson publicly re-emerged on Larry King Live on March 9, 2003.
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After Jack Gordon's death in 2005, Jackson was free to speak more openly about the control he exerted over her life.
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FIFTIES
On January 10, 2007, the reality TV show Armed & Famous premiered on CBS starring Jackson and other celebrities.
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2008
52 Years Old
The final version of Startin' Over was completed in late 2008, just before Jackson joined the cast of Celebrity Big Brother.
A new lead single, "Love, Honor, and Obey", planned for a summer 2009 release, was put on hold because of the death of Jackson's younger brother Michael.
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2010
54 Years Old
In 2010, Jackson launched Dream Cream, a hand cream for German cosmetics firm Alessandro International, and named Teddy Riley head of Ja-Tail Records' music division.
Jackson took part in NBC's Celebrity Apprentice, which aired from March through May 2011 and raised $65,000 for her chosen charity, AIDS Project Los Angeles.
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