She was born into what would become one of America’s most famous music families.
La Toya Jackson is the fifth, and middle, child in the Jackson family. Less well-known than the Jackson Five or little brother Michael, La Toya carved out her own place in pop culture, as a singer and songwriter.
But little by little America learned about the private side of the Jackson family, the side the fan magazines didn’t want to write about. It was a a story of domestic abuse.
I met La Toya in 1992, after her bestselling memoir “La Toya” was published.
So here now, from 1992, La Toya Jackson.
La Toya Jackson will be 65 later this month. Her last music release was an EP album in 2011.