The fifth child of the illustrious Jackson family, La Toya Jackson, was born in 1956 in Gary, Indiana. She grew up very shy, had a reputation for being a homebody, and when the mother of the family, Katherine, turned to Jehovah's Witnesses, she willingly followed her. LaToya's younger brother, Michael, followed, and soon every morning the children were already knocking on the neighbors' doors, actively encouraging them to join their church. At sixteen, LaToya joined the brothers, and began to participate in the show, where her job was to sing along and dance. The girl herself would prefer to become a lawyer, however, her father was adamant - show business had already been elected by the Jackson family business. Father-Jackson kept his children strict, sometimes forcedly developed musical talents and, judging by the results, this method of "raising the stars" turned out to be effective. So, having studied a little in college, LaToya was forced to leave her studies - concerts took up a lot of time.
In the seventies, LaToya, along with her sisters - Rabbie and Janet - appeared in all twelve episodes of the CBS television project "The Jacksons". She sang, danced, played sketches and turned out to be no less talented than the rest of the Jackson children. Later, along with the sisters, LaToya became a member of the women's collective of the family, however, the LaToya-Janet-Rabby trio quickly collapsed, undermined by irreconcilable differences, and leaving no history of any meaningful evidence of its existence.
In the eighties, LaToya Jackson released her first solo album, "La Toya Jackson". She wanted to omit the surname in the title, and leave only the name on the cover of the album, taking it as a creative pseudonym - the girl really wanted to do something on her own, without relying on her family. However, the father again did not allow his zealous daughter arbitrariness, reminding her that she should be proud of her surname, and not hide it. However, the surname "Jackson" really worked for itself, and LaToya, like all the children of the "star family", only increased the overall fame. The album expected moderate success - it did not "explode" the charts, however, and did not pass completely unnoticed. The next studio work - the album "My Special Love" - \u200b\u200brepeated the fate of the first one. It should be noted that LaToya Jackson never succeeded in producing especially significant musical solo projects. However, individual compositions from time to time fell on rather high lines of the charts - the songs "If You Feel the Funk", "Night Time Lover", "Bet" cha Gonna Need My Lovin "," Heart Don "t Lie", "Hot Potato "and several others have become quite popular.
It is noteworthy that in 1988 LaToya managed to "disown" his great surname - in the title of the record of that year there is only a modest "La Toya". Although, by that time, it could hardly have confused anyone, and therefore could be regarded as a kind of "star" whim.
In 1987, Jack Gordon was hired as LaToya's manager, and it was from that time that the singer's image began to change - she became more and more sexy. The amazing metamorphosis that happened to the chaste and shy LaToya shocked many, especially the family. Sexuality, which has now become the main definition of stage persona, has attracted a huge following to Jackson. So, it turned out that "undressed LaToya" turned out to be somewhat more attractive than "Singing LaToya". A separate discussion was awarded to the singer's breast - there were different opinions about whether the breast is a gift from Nature, or a gift from the "golden hands" of a plastic surgeon. All this led to a scandal in the family, and the girl moved to New York. In 1989, LaToya posed nude for "Playboy", in the same year another album was released under the controversial title "Bad Girl" (Mean Girl).
In September 1989, Gordon married LaToya, however, it was not a marriage in the true sense of the word - the singer herself stated that the marriage took place against her will. For the next decade, Jack Gordon, according to LaToya herself, was the complete master of her life, holding his power where by cunning, and where by direct violence. Documents, invoices, contracts, as well as all LaToya's professional activities were in the hands of her husband. However, LaToya decided to openly tell some details about her life with Gordon only after his death in 2005. All this and much more she reflected in her autobiographical book "La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family". And then, nevertheless, having returned to the bosom of the family and reconciled with her parents, LaToya launched the divorce proceedings, which turned out to be protracted and rather painful. For a while, LaToya was completely out of the rhythm of life, spent a lot of time alone, trying to decide where to continue her life and career. The last music album released by the singer was dated 1995, there was ambiguity ahead, and LaToya no longer believed in her talent.
However, time heals, and members of the Jackson family were able to forgive her for the scandalous attacks (on the family in general and on Michael - in particular) in the press and did not leave her alone. Appearances on television, in shows and all kinds of near-musical projects began. So, in 2007 LaToya took part in the show "Armed & Famous", and later, in 2009 - in the most popular project "Celebrity Big Brother". By the way, she was the second member of the family to take part in this show.
In the terrible days after the death of her brother Michael, it was LaToya Jackson who was the first to be at the Reagan-UCLA Medical Center, she was also the initiator of a re-investigation of the strange circumstances of his death, and was also the first to doubt the natural death of her brother.
I read Latoya's book “Living with the Jackson Family” (or “Michael Jackson through the eyes of his sister” 1993, Moscow, “InterDigest.”) I had unhappy feelings after reading it, especially after the final part. Fortunately, Latoya has made peace with her family. Of course, the book should be read only with the ability to separate the "wheat from the chaff" and after reading other books written by the Jackson. In general, the book of Latoya is a confession of a child offended by everyone. In any family there are some moments of misunderstanding, you can remember about your household and positive, and from our point of view, not really. Any situation can be presented in different ways. Of course, I agree that if a person is already an adult, there is no need for parents to patronize him so in terms of building a personal life. Or, in any case, only advice. But it must be borne in mind that La Toya was from a well-known family, and according to her, she did not have much experience of relationships with the opposite sex until she was mature enough. Of course, you cannot order your heart, but often over the years, children can understand that their parents, expressing their opinion about someone, were right. At the same time, of course, there is also banal parental jealousy, judgments based on these feelings. But in this case, I think L Toya realized how wrong she was to run away from home about her companion. In addition, it would be fine if only the parents were indignant, but the brothers and sisters were also not happy.
In fact, I think she just wanted to annoy everyone, like a capricious girl, in order to attract more attention to herself. Run away so that everyone will love and miss her even more. This is evidenced by the last chapters about how upset she was that Jermaine turned her room into a warehouse, and her mother, they say, removed the photographs with her from the room.
Almost the entire book is occupied by stories not about La Toya herself, but about what kind of rastak dad and the rest also got it. And of course, this is more revenge for the unwillingness to accept her man, as well as the direct pressure of this far from being the most decent person. I don't think it's worth believing all this, much is clearly exaggerated and embellished. For example, the story that Joseph allegedly forced brothers in his childhood to fight each other in front of him. Most likely, since Joseph did a little boxing, he just showed his sons tricks. In addition, one of Jackie's sons also worked on it at one time. Or here is one of the passages about suffering in childhood: “After breakfast, dressing, brushing our teeth, we lined up like tin soldiers. Mom checked our teeth, and Joseph followed her like an inspector and gave each of us a spoonful of fish oil and castor oil. And for a snack - each with an apple, as a consolation prize for the drugs we swallowed. " And at the same time she writes: “Joseph did not realize his dream of becoming a professional musician, but he did not force his sons to go on stage for his own gain. We must not forget that he was putting himself at great risk by leaving his job at the factory. This was his only opportunity to prove his love for children. Although the boys' childhood was not as carefree as the childhood of their friends, they liked to perform, and their parents supported them in this hobby. And for this my brothers are grateful to them now. Now, in the glory, they hold no grudge against Joseph for being too strict with them. ” “Some of the music magazines were practically living off of them. They reached out to fans, and month after month, page after page, they covered the boys' lives: their likes and dislikes, their color photographs, their horoscopes and pages of advice for readers under the motto: “What will you do if you meet one of the five Jacksons? Each of them had their own image: Jackie was sporty, Tito was a serious, calm and virtuoso musician, Jermain was the sex symbol of the group. Marlon is a little younger brother and Michael played a prodigy. ”
At the same time, I would not say that Latoya is so bad. One feels that she really loves her family. It seems to me that it was just necessary to expand her social circle. She's a pretty girl, and few friends. And of course she believed the first one who told her about selfless love, and that was what she lacked.
Something interesting to learn from the book. Some stories about Michael from the category of not wrapped up, interesting: “Michael and I were very interested in history and found films on historical subjects. The walls in Michael's room were lined with bookshelves from floor to ceiling. He had a variety of books: philosophical works, biographies of great people ... He probably knew about all the great artists, inventors who have ever lived on earth. Many people thought Michael was childish, but I want to argue. It is true that he managed to retain a ray of childish charm in himself. He is full of curiosity. For example, he was interested in anatomy, and he bought himself exactly the same plastic model of the human body that we are used to seeing in biology classrooms. He carefully studied the structure of the human body in his room.
- We have vocal cords, we can speak, but the monkey cannot. Why? La Toya, do you think you can teach a monkey to talk? Reading medical literature, Michael became interested in various physiological anomalies and could spend hours talking about Siamese twins, about an amphibian man. Upon learning of his interest in such unfortunate creatures, the press reviled, calling Michael a morbid eccentric. But, like most value judgments about his personality, this was incorrect, since it did not reveal the true reasons for such an unusual hobby. This was not blasphemy. I can say with full confidence: like our mother, being very sensitive, Michael could not endure human suffering in any form. The sight of a hungry African child on the TV screen gave him a reason to cry. “I get angry when Michael is laughed at because of his interest in such people: he feels sorry for them, he does not mock them. People don't understand this.
“Just imagine the life of these people,” he said with sadness in his voice. “It must be awful when everyone is staring at you. Everyone wants to be different from everyone else, but it hurts the same for everyone.
I understand why Michael was so sympathetic to these people: to be a star means to become a showcase for other people that everyone stares at. "
Michael said about the same thing in one of his interviews - about what he likes to study, learn. He talked about his interest in anatomy and how he was impressed by the tragic story of Joseph Merrick.
La Toya also wrote about her brother: “Meanwhile, Michael the superstar attracted more and more women who were worried about his fame and money. For a long time, I had a fear in my soul that women did not love the man Michael Jackson, but his image of a superstar. My brother shares this difficult fate with all celebrities, but since he has too little experience with the opposite sex, it is even more difficult for him than for others. As a joke, I suggested that he marry a woman who is as famous as he is, or one who has never heard of him. "
It is touching how Latoya writes about her fans among the stars, about their signs of attention to her, and that at the same time she did not particularly react to them. In particular, Prince, Mike Tyson, a funny story with Iglesias, Eddie Murphy tried to stick to Latoya. At the same time, La Toya writes about the hard-hitting sides of show business. Some of it was really creepy to read. But La Toya is great, a person has good self-control.
In general, the book rather reflects the difficult life stage of La Toya and is certainly not an impartial and complete biography.
In 2011, La Toya wrote a new book, her biography "Starting over", in which a lot of space is also given to the memories of Michael. Also, L Toya herself refutes many of her previous book, which she wrote under pressure from Jack Gordon. According to La Toya, she married him almost forcibly, the pictures for "Playboy" were also taken under his pressure. She was afraid that he might do something to her if she refused. Relatives have repeatedly tried to "steal" her from Gordon, but they did not succeed soon. Yes, and Gordon was beginning to cross all boundaries in his demands, and for her there was the only way to return to the family and divorce this not the most decent person.
The family supported Latoya, all the past was forgotten. By the way, Michael also actively tried to help his sister. He even offered a large sum of money in exchange for refusing to write the book. Naturally he offered it to Gordon, and not to La Toya, as it is written in the book. Upon learning of the candid pictures for the magazine, Michael visited the editorial office and tried to prevent their publication. According to La Toya, Gordon hated Michael, of course, because her brother was a very talented and successful person. And Gordon hardly loved her either. I just wanted to somehow get rich and become famous using her.
By the way, Latoya can be seen in several of Michael's videos such as “Say, say, say” and “The way you make me feel.” Michael also wanted her to star in "Thriller", but after the script was approved, it was decided that you still need to take on the role of a non-relative, in order to avoid transferring this role to life, in general, rumors.
She accused them of cutting him off from family and friends and forcing him, most likely against his will, to sign an agreement for a fatal 50 concerts at the London O2 arena.
She also believes that they "fed" her brother with addictive drugs in order to control his mood.
According to her, they treated him like a cash cow and exploited him to the fullest. It was this, in her opinion, that led directly to his death.
Last week, the Los Angeles Police Chief said they did not rule out that it could have been murder.
Under Californian law, murder is also considered to be murder that was not premeditated, and which, under the British legal system, is also classified as manslaughter.
Since the results of the official autopsy will not be released for another 2 weeks, LaToya "performed" a private autopsy.
She received the results on Friday, and while she refrains from commenting on details until the police finish their own investigation, she revealed that 4 fresh injection marks were found on Michael's neck.
Holding back tears, LaToya (53) says: “I think Michael was killed. I felt it from the very beginning. And there is not one person involved, but this is a whole conspiracy.
He was surrounded by bad people. Michael was a meek, quiet and loving person. And people used it. They fought to be around - people who weren't always on his side.
Less than a month ago, I said that I thought Michael would die before the London concerts, because he was surrounded by people who put only their own interests at the forefront.
Michael was worth over a billion dollars.
When someone costs that kind of money, there are always greedy people around them.
A month ago, I told my family, "He won't be able to perform in London. He is worth more dead than alive.".
LaToya said that Michael "and he himself did not believe that he would live to old age and was afraid to die when he was over 50.
By the end, Michael had become isolated from his family. He had no real friends. He was the loneliest person in the world. I knew something terrible was going to happen. ".
In life, LaToya is disarmingly similar to her more famous relative.
She speaks in the same manner in a high-pitched, aspirated voice.
At 1.52 m tall, she, like her brother, is definitely very familiar with the plastic surgeon's scalpel.
This is not the first time LaToya has been a witness.
Two years ago, she took part in a reality show "Armed and Famous", where she received basic police officer training and continues to volunteer as their representative.
And although in the 80s she famously dropped out of the Jackson clan after the wedding with Jack Gordon, filming in Playboy (she starred in 89 and 91), and later in the 90s - after the release of the book where she described Michael, as a pedophile and criticized her father for bullying them as a child, for the past 15 years it has been she who has been helping the family stay together.
Childless, LaToya, who divorced her husband and former manager Jack Gordon 12 years ago, became close to Michael and his growing family again, meeting them regularly at her mother's house.
The last time she saw her brother was 3 weeks before her death.
The family threw a lavish dinner to celebrate Catherine and Jo's 60th wedding anniversary at Michael's favorite Indian restaurant in Beverly Hills, Chakra.
When she arrived, Michael and the children were already at the restaurant.
"He stood at the door and said," LaToya, you look great. "
He was thin, but he ate well that evening. Michael loved curry. He enjoyed every minute. At the end he hugged me and said, "We will have to repeat this."
Then he walked to the door, looked around and waved goodbye to me. This was the last time I saw him. ".
LaToya definitely had to endure the most difficult two weeks, starting with the news of his brother's death and ending with a memorial service.
“I was at home when I received the news that Michael was rushed to the hospital. I live literally three minutes from Michael in Beverly Hills.
I was just talking to a friend about the death of an actress. Farrah fawcett.
She died just after the talk show host Ed McMahon... And I said, "Someone else is going to die because it always happens three times."
And literally an hour and a half later, my father called me from Las Vegas and said: "Now go to the hospital. Michael was urgently taken to the hospital.".
LaToya immediately called her mother's personal assistant and was told that her brother was being taken to UCLA Medical Center in Westwood, a 10-minute drive away.
“I jumped into the car and, continuing to call my mother’s assistant, kept asking:“ Well, how is he? Well, how is he? "
"But he didn't want to tell me," she recalls.
"And then, finally, I heard my mother in the background, who asked who it was, and when she found out that it was me, she shouted:" Why won't you tell her? "And then she grabbed the receiver and started screaming as loudly as she could : "He died!"
"I almost crashed. My legs were lost. I could not press the gas. I drove into the wrong entrance of the hospital and just begged the guards to help me and take my car, as I felt that I would faint. the room where Michael was lying. Mom was crying, and Michael's children were crying too. My mother was sitting there, and they - all three - on her lap and crying. "
She says that Paris asked to see her dad for the last time.
After the nurse told LaToya that this could help the children get used to the reality that their father had died, they entered the room with the children and Michael's younger brother, Randy.
"He had a towel on his face, I picked it up, and the children could see him. We hugged him and kissed him. He didn't look like a dead man. His eyes were half-closed and he seemed to be just asleep. He was even still warm.".
She says that all the statements that Michael was bald and looked terrible without makeup were "clearly false".
"He had no makeup, but he looked good. He just looked like Michael.".
LaToya says that her brother would never want to be buried in Neverland: "Michael hated this place. After the second trial (child molestation), he told me, 'I will never go back to this place. I hate him. This place helped destroy me. ".
In the two weeks that have passed since Jackson's death, less than 12 hours after his last rehearsal, there have been many rumors and speculation, so, according to LaToya, she decided to tell the truth.
She revealed some details from the scene of the Beverly Hills mansion, which her brother rented for £ 60,000 a month.
He was found not on the bed, as initially reported in the press, but in the bedroom of his personal doctor, Conrad Murray, a man who then "disappeared" from the hospital after LaToya began "frying" him.
LaToya says that at the hospital, the behavior of Michael's personal doctor, who received £ 100,000 a month, confused her.
Dr. Murray, who did not even have a cardiology certificate, did not tell the family who he was even when LaToya demanded to see Michael's doctor so that "find out what the hell happened".
And then Paris pointed to the figure in white and said: "This is Dr. Murray. He is the best cardiologist in the world. How could this happen to Dad?"
Murray's lawyers denied any wrongdoing and said that he fully cooperated with the investigators.
But when LaToya approached him and said that she wanted to talk to him and wanted to know what had happened to her brother, he began to mumble something incoherently.
He said something like: "Michael didn't do it. Forgive me."
"And with all this confusion, she continues, the doctor then disappeared ".
And then her concern only increased.
Another doctor told her that Michael had 4 fresh injection marks on his body.
Jackson reportedly used intravenous anesthetics to sleep, including Demerol and Diprivan, medications not normally used outside the hospital ...
She also described how there was a stand with intravenous drops near the bed, and oxygen canisters along the wall.
The police raked out two bags full of prescriptions for different aliases from pharmacies in different states - they sued the star's medical reports from a number of doctors.
"This will all come up soon and you will be shocked," - says LaToya.
The results of the official autopsy will be available soon, along with the results of the second one organized by LaToya.
"We'll just sit down and compare them before we release them publicly.
I already clearly understand what they will show, but at the moment I can not say anything.
He had injection marks on his neck and arms, and more information will be available in the next few weeks. I cannot discuss this now, as it could damage the investigation.
However, I can say that I have not changed my mind - Michael was killed ".
After she and her children and mother returned from the hospital to Catherine's house, they received a call from Jackson's mansion.
It was Michael's longtime assistant - Michael Amin, a devout Muslim better known as Brother Amin.
He told LaToya that her brother's business manager - dr. Tohme Tohme - fired the entire state from one house in Beverly Hills and from another in Las Vegas.
"I want to know how Michael died and then, at 11 pm on the same day he died, the whole state is fired?" she asks rhetorically, This only increased my suspicions. ".
When she is with her manager and close friend Jeffrey Phillips arrived at the place, there was already a new guard.
“I felt and felt my brother everywhere. I could smell his favorite scent - Black orchid from Tom Ford. I went into his bedroom. His shirt was lying on the floor. ".
She says that Michael was taken to the hospital from Dr. Murray's bedroom, which was a large hallway from his own.
In the afternoon, the doctor ran down the stairs and yelled for guard Alberto Alvarez to call an ambulance.
“Nobody was allowed to go upstairs except for Dr. Murray and the kids.
Then Paris told me that even they were not allowed to enter that room when Dr. Murray was giving Michael "his oxygen".
"Murray," says LaToya, " initially gave Michael CPR on a soft bed surface and then following instructions from the emergency operator 911
, put it on the floor.
Why, if this person is a cardiologist, was my brother on the bed?
Michael died in that room.
I was told the doctor kept telling everyone that he was alive, but Brother Michael saw him and says it was obvious that he was dead.
Oxygen tanks lined the wall all the way to the dressing room. There was also a metal stand with a hanging cord. The police have already visited the house, and they took away all the medicines and whatever ".
LaToya admits that her brother had problems with prescription drugs, which his family believes began after an incident on stage during the Victory concert tour in 1984.
But she insists that he was completely clean while preparing for concerts at the O2 arena.
But Michael never wanted to do 50 concerts.
He agreed for 10, and then the promoters and those who surrounded him added more and more, because all the tickets sold out at lightning speed.
“Even for a healthy person it’s impossible - to give 50 concerts, and Michael was fragile. He always wanted to believe only in the best in people. But he was meek.
He has become very isolated over the past few months.
I think his team was given strict instructions if any family member called not to tell him. And if someone from the family came, do not let him in.
Those people around him worried about Michael not as a person, but as a cash cow.
Michael didn't really care about his finances.
A lot of people just made money on it.
For example, the house he rented is a classic example. His rent costs £ 15,000 a month and he was charged £ 60,000 because it's Michael Jackson.
As a family, we tried to intervene, but we couldn't get close to him. I knew something terrible was going to happen.
I believe that he was cut off from the real world, and drugs were the way to get to him. They put him on medication ... "
While going through personal belongings in Michael's house, LaToya was shocked when she saw his work schedule: “They wore him out. He couldn't even catch his breath.
Every hour was scheduled for trying on costumes, then for vocal lessons, then for rehearsals.
And Michael was Michael, he didn't want to let his fans down.
His children just made him happy, but he had no real friends. His problem was that he stopped trusting people.
In the end, he died a lonely man, surrounded by a "dark retinue".
LaToya says Michael used to keep around £ 1m in cash at the house, but nothing has ever been found. So is his jewelry collection.
"Someone here has already done a great job. So many people have visited the house before I arrived.".
According to LaToya, the children are now next to Katherine and nanny Grace Ruaramba, who, from the first day after the sad event, does not step away from them, which makes her motives even more suspicious.
"The family has mixed feelings about her.
Mom says she wants to be with the kids, but I warned her to be careful.
It's not whether the kids love her or not. They love everyone. And mom is too gullible, and she feels sorry for her ".
LaToya dismissed rumors that Grace was Michael's mistress:
“I heard she liked him, but he didn't.
He fired her for Christmas.
I have a lot of questions for Grace. She was a tool in the distance of the family.
And then, as if nothing had happened, she returned. I find her behavior strange ...
I'll get to the bottom of it all. I will not stop until I know who is to blame. Why didn't they let the family come in? And it's not about the money. I want justice for Michael.
I will not rest until I find out what and who killed my brother ... "
P.S. A little help in addition (from myself):
In 1993, LaToya, at a foreign press conference, stated that she believed rumors that her brother, Michael, had sexually abused children.
Later in an interview, she said that she made such statements under pressure from her husband and if it were not for the threats from the faithful, she would never have said this.
In 1996, she left her husband after being mistreated and, in particular, when he forced her to dance in a strip club in Cleveland and she refused, as a result of which the crowd booed her.
Finally, in 2009, her new - for the first time since 1995 - the album Startin "Over, which was planned to be released already in 2002 ( ! ), but was postponed for a "more opportune moment".
Well, the moment, as we see, has come, you can't imagine better ...
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La Toya Jackson is another victim of an overuse of plastic surgery. The sister of the famous singer, the idol of all times and peoples, Michael Jackson, has recently terrified journalists with changes in appearance. With regret, we state that another woman fell victim in pursuit of an ideal appearance. But first things first.
La Toya Jackson was born on May 29, 1956 in Indiana, USA. In a large family, she became the fifth child. The star brother was born later. All members of the large family were gifted with an excellent ear for music and a wonderful voice.
That is why, since the age of 16, La Toya Jackson has been successfully participating in a family music group and the same talk show. After the collapse of this family business, each of its members took up a solo career, but unlike Michael, La Toya Yvonne Jackson did not reach Olympic heights in creativity. Having worked as an ordinary singer and realizing that she was swallowing the dust from her brother's success, she gave up singing. After marrying her producer, La Toya Jackson moved away from the family. Her jealousy and resentment against her lucky brother was so black that at the trial she testified against him in a pedophilia case. Now she travels the world with stories about the deceased star, about the legendary Michael Jackson.
La Toya Yvonne Jackson in her youth had a specific bright appearance with clear African American roots. A wide nose, large facial features, naturally curly hair can now be seen only by looking at the early photos of Latoya Jackson. Because after a fierce fight with her own appearance, the latter fell under the sharp scalpel of plastic surgeons.
La Toya Jackson after the operation is proud of her lush fourth size breasts. Many outfits of the star openly demonstrate her feminine charms, and from the photo of La Toya Jackson it is noticeable that she takes care of the correction of the shape of breast implants, keeps them like the apple of her eye and sticks out at every opportunity.
But the mouth of the former singer seems to be torn and twisted about 2-3 centimeters on each side, and in the middle of the lower lip there is a strange notch. In appearance, the lower lip resembles a homemade sausage tied with twine. "Joker's smile" - this is the name of the result of unsuccessful lip plastics. Such smiles, like those of La Toya Jackson, "blind" fans, and many other hunters for the perfect appearance.
It is regrettable to admit, however, after all the changes, the former luscious dark-skinned beauty La Toya Jackson turned into a lifeless doll. And not into everyone's favorite Barbie, but into a certain defective doll Nina, which was molded at a provincial rubber factory.
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La Toya Jackson was born on her sister Rebbie's birthday in Gary, Indiana. La Toya is the 5th of 9 children in Joseph's family (eng.)russian (b. 1928) and Catherine Jackson (b. 1930). As a child, L Toya grew up as a shy child.
After her mother became a member of Jehovah's Witnesses in 1965, Latoya also joined with the rest of her brothers and sisters. "I saw Michael knock on every door in Los Angeles every morning to spread the word of the Lord."
Under the tutelage of Joseph Jackson, Rebbie, La Toya and Janet form a musical group. However, the band never performed live, and soon disbanded due to creative differences. Consequently, the group did not release any albums. After the breakup of the group, La Toya began work on her first solo album.
In 1980, Jackson released her debut album, La Toya Jackson. However, she wanted to name the album "La Toya" so that she could be distinguished from her famous brothers. “I only asked for the album to be called La Toya. But my father said, “This is your last name. You have to use it. " But I wanted to see what I could do as an individual. " The first single "If You Feel the Funk" became a modest hit that managed to enter the Top 40 of the US R&B chart. Her second single, "Night Time Lover", was produced with contributions from Michael. In turn, she contributed to the songwriting This Place Hotel for The Jackson 5, and P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) "for Michael.
Album "La Toya Jackson" peaked at # 116 on the US Billboard 200, # 26 on the Billboard R&B album and # 178 on the UK Top 200.
In 1982, La Toya released her next album, "My Special Love", with two famous singles, "Stay the Night" and "I Don" t Want You to Go.
In 1989-1997, La Toya was married to her manager Jack Gordon. (eng.)russian (1939-2005).
- You have to get out of here. - Again, gently, but more insistently said the young man. - Now. A sparkling "path" stretched from him and ran straight into the glowing tunnel. We were literally drawn in, without even having time to make a single step, and after a moment we found ourselves in the same transparent world in which we found our round Leah and her mother. - Mom, Mom, Dad is back! And Great too! .. - little Leah rolled head over heels towards us, tightly clutching the red dragon to her chest .. Her round face shone with the sun, and she herself, unable to keep her stormy happiness, rushed to dad and, hanging on him neck, squeaked with delight. I was happy for this family that found each other, and a little sad for all my dead “guests” who came to earth for help, who could no longer hug each other as joyfully, since they did not belong to the same worlds .. ... - Oh, daddy, here you are! I thought you were gone! And you took it and found it! How good it is! - the shining little girl squeaked with happiness. Suddenly a cloud flew into her happy face, and it became very sad ... And in a completely different voice, the baby turned to Stella: - Dear girls, thank you for your dad! And for the little brother, of course! Are you going to leave now? Will you come back sometime? Here's your dragon, please! He was very good, and he loved me very, very much ... - it seemed that right now poor Leah would burst into tears, so much she wanted to hold even a little bit more of this lovely marvelous dragon! .. And he was about to be taken away and there will be no more ... - Do you want him to stay with you? And when we get back, will you give it back to us? - took pity on the baby Stella. At first Leah was stunned by the unexpected happiness that fell on her, and then, unable to say anything, she nodded her head so much that she almost threatened to fall off ... Having said goodbye to the joyful family, we moved on. It was incredibly pleasant to feel safe again, to see the same joyful light flooding everything around, and not to be afraid to be unexpectedly captured by some scary nightmarish horror movie ... - Do you want to take another walk? - Stella asked in a completely fresh voice. The temptation, of course, was great, but I was already so tired that even if it seemed to me now that the greatest miracle on earth is, I probably could not really enjoy it ... - Well, okay, another time! Stella laughed. - I am also tired. And then, somehow, our cemetery appeared again, where, on the same bench, our grandmothers were sitting side by side ... - Want to show me something? ... - Stella asked quietly. And suddenly, instead of grandmothers, incredibly beautiful, brightly shining entities appeared ... Both of them had amazing stars on their chests, and Stellina's grandmother had an amazing miracle crown shining and shimmering on her head ... - They are ... You wanted to see them, right? - I nodded dumbfounded. - Don't tell me what I showed you, let them do it themselves. - Well, now I have to go ... - the baby whispered sadly. - I can't go with you ... I can't go there anymore ... - I will definitely come to you! Many, many more times! - I promised from the bottom of my heart. And the little girl looked after me with her warm sad eyes, and seemed to understand everything ... Everything that I could not say to her in our simple words. All the way home from the cemetery, I sulked at my grandmother for no reason, moreover, I was angry with myself ... her "safe shell" .... Most likely, it was just my childhood resentment raging for the fact that, as it turned out, she was hiding a lot from me, and had not taught anything yet, apparently considering me unworthy or incapable of more. And although my inner voice told me that I was all around and was completely wrong, but I could not calm down and look at everything from the outside, as I did before, when I thought that I could be wrong ... |
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