Celebrity | Michael Jackson Dad Blames Mom for Michael Jackson's Death Joe Jackson unloads on Katherine Jackson in UK tabloid By Marie Morris Posted Jun 13, 2010 4:50 PM CDT Copied Michael Jackson walks with his father Joe after a day of testimony in his child molestation trial in Santa Maria, Calif., May 25, 2005. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) As the first anniversary of Michael Jackson's death approaches, his father is honoring his memory by blaming the late entertainer's mother—his wife of 60-plus years—for his death. "In Michael's final months alive I said to her many times that I couldn't get through to him—and that she needed to help her son," he tells the UK tabloid News of the World. "A child will listen to his mother more than his father—and Michael was a mummy's boy," he continues. "He listened to her." Read These Next Trump, Johnson aren't happy with pick for Super Bowl headliner. SCOTUS sounds skeptical about law banning gay conversion therapy. It's being called a disturbing trend: paragliders with bombs. Feds cite ChatGPT evidence in arrest of Palisades Fire suspect. Report an error