Jackson Five drummer stabbed to death // update..

Tito, left, Jermaine, Jackie, and Marlon, right front, arrive at the funeral for Johnny
Jackson, Jr.
Photo: AP

http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/jackson-...2098393796.html

Jackson 4, not 5 attend funeral

March 13, 2006 - 4:49PM

Several Jackson 5 members attended the funeral of their former drummer, who was stabbed to death earlier this month.

Tito, Marlon, Jermaine, Jackie and Randy Jackson went to the Saturday service for 55-year-old Johnny Jackson Jr, who wasn't related to the family.

Pop stars Michael and Janet Jackson did not appear at the service.

Johnny Jackson replaced the group's original drummer around 1967. He played with the band for 15 years and lived with them after their move from Gary to Los Angeles in 1969.

Randy, the youngest of the Jackson 5 brothers, said he learned how to play drums from Johnny.

"He had a lively way of living and enjoyed every moment," he said. "He made touring fun. There was never a dull moment, with jokes and a lot of laughs."

Yolanda Davis, 44, has been charged with murder in Jackson's March 1 death. Davis allegedly told police she stabbed him with a steak knife when he lunged at her during a fight.

If convicted, she could be sentenced to 45 years to 65 years in prison.

AP

Woman Pleads Guilty In Slaying Of Jackson Five Drummer

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A Gary, Ind., woman pleaded guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the stabbing death of her boyfriend, a former drummer with the Jackson Five, according to the Lake County Prosecutor’s office.

Yolanda Davis, 45, faces an agreed term of two years in prison when she is sentenced Sept. 24 by Lake Superior Court Judge Clarence Murray in connection with the 2006 death of Johnny Jackson Jr., a drummer for the smash pop band of the 1960s and 70s, according to a release from the prosecutor’s office.

On March 1, 2006, Davis was dating the 55-year-old Jackson when they began arguing in their residence in the 2600 block of Connecticut Street in Gary, the release said. The argument became physical, with Jackson striking Davis across the nose. Davis then got a steak knife from the kitchen, ran back into the living room and stabbed Jackson in the chest when he lunged at her again, the release said.

Davis, thinking the injury was not severe, left the home, but the wound had caused a tear in Jackson’s heart, which resulted in internal bleeding and death, according to the release.

Jackson was the stage drummer for the Jackson Five from 1967–75, though he was not related to Michael Jackson or his brothers.

Oh Leute...das ist so traurig.:sad...sowas darf einfach nicht passieren. Ich bin schockiert!

R.I.P