The father who brought us the Jackson 5 and the King of Pop is in the hospital with terminal cancer. Reports from TMZ confirm that Joe Jackson’s cancer cannot be treated. His wife Katherine is at his bedside and he’s been battling the illness for quite some time.

PageSix claims that Jermaine Jackson said no one knew.

No one knew what was going on — we shouldn’t have to beg, plead, and argue to see our own father, especially at a time like this.

It took four days for Joe to let his wife and others see him in Vegas this past Tuesday according to Rolling Out.