LAS VEGAS -- Joe Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson family, has died at the age of 89, Eyewitness News has learned.
The 89-year-old was in a Las Vegas hospital, battling stage-four pancreatic cancer last week.
Jackson has battled several illnesses in recent years.
He suffered a stroke in 2015.
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In this Feb. 10, 2012 file photo, actor Max von Sydow poses at the International Film Festival Berlinale, in Berlin.
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