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Joe Jackson Hospitalized After Suffering Stroke In Brazil

SAO PAULO (CBSLA.com) — The Jackson family patriarch is hospitalized in Brazil.

Joe Jackson suffered a stroke and is in intensive care at the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo, the hospital announced Monday.

The hospital also reports he has an irregular heartbeat.

Jackson, the father of Janet Jackson and the late Michael Jackson, went to Brazil to celebrate turning 87 on Sunday, but reportedly missed his party because he was already hospitalized.

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