Joe Jackson, father of the late Michael Jackson, leaves the Jackson family home July 2, 2009 in Encino, California. As funeral plans took shape one week after JMichael ackson's demise, legal battlelines were drawn over the King of Pop's legacy and the fate of his offspring, with ex-wife Debbie Rowe declaring she planned to seek custody of the star's eldest two children. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 months ago

Joe Jackson, father of the late Michael Jackson, leaves the Jackson family home July 2, 2009 in Encino, California. As funeral plans took shape one week after JMichael ackson's demise, legal battlelines were drawn over the King of Pop's legacy and the fate of his offspring, with ex-wife Debbie Rowe declaring she planned to seek custody of the star's eldest two children.

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  1. Joe Jackson (L), father of the late Michael Jackson, and an unidentified guest arrive. at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, September 13, 2009.
  2. Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson arrives at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, September 13, 2009.
  3. Michael Jackson's son Prince Michael (L) and father Joe Jackson (L) leave in a bus after Michael Jacksons burial ceremony in The Great Mausoleum at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California on September 3, 2009. The ceremony is limited to family and close friends. More than two months after Jackson's sudden death from a drug overdose on June 25, mourners gathered for a sunset service.
  4. Michael Jackson's son Prince Michael (L) and father Joe Jackson (L) leave in a bus after Michael Jacksons burial ceremony in The Great Mausoleum at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California on September 3, 2009. The ceremony is limited to family and close friends. More than two months after Jackson's sudden death from a drug overdose on June 25, mourners gathered for a sunset service.
  5. Katherine Jackson (L) and Joe Jackson attend Michael Jackson's funeral service held at Glendale Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California September 3, 2009. Jackson, 50, the King of Pop, died at UCLA Medical Center after going into cardiac arrest at his rented home on June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.
  6. Katherine Jackson,left, and Joe Jackson, center are seen leaving in an RV at the conclusion of Michael Jackson's funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif., on Thursday Sept. 3, 2009. Man at right is unidentified.
  7. Joe Jackson, right, Paris Jackson arrive to Michael Jackson's funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif., on Thursday Sept. 3, 2009. Jackson is scheduled to be interred in the Great Mausoleum, where he will be joining Hollywood legends such as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields.
  8. Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson, center, leaves the family residence in the Encino section of Los Angeles for his son's funeral, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. Jackson is scheduled to be interred in the Great Mausoleum, where he will be joining Hollywood legends such as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and W.C. Fields. Jackson died June 25.
  9. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Indiana speaks during a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana, on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  10. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Indiana speaks during a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana, on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  11. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Indiana speaks during a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana, on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  12. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Indiana speaks during a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana, on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  13. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Indiana speaks during a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  14. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: CEO of the Brenden Theatre Corp. Johnny Brenden speaks during a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  15. LAS VEGAS - OCTOBER 28: President and CEO of the Brenden Theatre Corp. Johnny Brenden (L) and Mayor Rudy Clay of Gary, Indiana attend a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indiana on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
  16. JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - OCTOBER 28: (SOUTH AFRICA, UAE, Fans attend the South African premiere of 'This is It' at the Ster Kinekor cinemas in Fourways on October 28, 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The movie premiered at 3am on Wednesday morning in South Africa, part of eighteen simultaneous premieres on five continents that launched a two-week release of 'This Is It', a portrait of Jackson preparing for the London concerts due to have begun just weeks after his sudden death in June 2009. More than 100 hours of behind-the-scenes footage for Jackson's aborted return to the stage have been distilled into a two-hour film, which has been hyped by organisers as the last-ever performance by the 'King of Pop'. Despite the anticipation surrounding the film, a group of diehard Jackson fans have launched an online campaign urging devotees of the singer to boycott the movie, claiming it hides the truth about his final days. The group claims on its website - 'This-Is-Not-It' - that the movie attempts to mask Jackson's physical frailty as he maintained a punishing schedule of rehearsals.

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