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Whose first wedding was that?

posted 15 years ago by JC_Aliss
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Okay, not that I haven't seen this a million times, of course...I just didn't pay that close attention to the earlier events of the Jackson family. But watching it again it occurred to me, which daughter had that first wedding, before they hit it big; the wedding where she told Joseph that she wished her brothers had been there? I ask because there doesn't seem to be any other documentation of a first "normal" wedding of one of the daughters in those early days. Was this made up for the movie?

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[–] JC_Aliss 15 years ago

Yes, that's it. Thank you; I couldn't place her and even when I looked up the family for some reason I didn't notice her name. I guess I'm just so used to seeing Janet and LaToya in the spotlight and with previous marriages that it's easy to overlook a Jackson who seems to keep a lower profile.

[–] hillbrian2005 15 years ago

It's strange how Rebbie and Marlon both married at 18, and they're the only two who are still married.

[–] Pisces_Sweetie_007 15 years ago

Out of all the weddings that were shown in the movie, they went in this order:

1) Rebbie (she married before the brothers made it big)
2) Tito (he turned down a bribe from Joe to marry Dee Dee instead)
3) Jermaine

In the scene where Tito turns down Joe's offer, he tells his brothers that getting married was the only way out of Joe's control. Even with a new house, Joe still ruled w/ an iron fist (or belt). When the kids were old enough to get married, they (except Michael) took it the first chance they got.

I think the reason why Joe was against them getting married so soon was not because of the problems getting married at a young age would have (as he too got married at a young age himself), but because he wanted to control every aspect of their lives. Getting married young (& firing him as their manager later on) was a way of telling him 'you do NOT control our lives. WE control our own lives.' It was a sign of them being independent.

[–] hillbrian2005 15 years ago

I wonder why they didn't show Jackie and Marlon's weddings?

[–] RCeditor 12 years ago

I wonder why they didn't show Jackie and Marlon's weddings?

I can't remember Marlon's situation, but Jackie did not have a wedding.

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[–] furienna 12 years ago

I believe Marlon kept his marriage secret from his family for a while? I'm not sure why though.

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[–] RCeditor 11 years ago

^^That's true, he did. But I don't know why either. Maybe he felt so intimidated by Joseph that he didn't want to tell his parents at first.

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[–] furienna 11 years ago

He was only eighteen years old too, so he was still very young.

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[–] furienna 15 years ago

It's strange how Rebbie and Marlon both married at 18, and they're the only two who are still married.

I think they are two most "normal" Jacksons. I guess that might have something to do with it.

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[–] hillbrian2005 14 years ago

I wonder how their lives would have been different in real life if Tito had married Hazel, and Jermaine had married Deedee? Also, I wonder how Deedee and Hazel got along in real life?

[–] furienna 14 years ago

I don't know much about the relationship between DeeDee and Hazel. I think they must have seen each other some times even after they both divorced their husbands, as their kids were cousins, but I don't know much about it.

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[–] EmElleCee 14 years ago

It had to have been Rebbie. Couldn't have been Janet or LeToya.

[–] speedolitec 14 years ago

Yes, it was Rebbie.

[–] cael22 14 years ago

Rebe married first. The family was still in Gary.
Tito married DeDe in 1972
Jermaine married Hazel in 1973

[–] hillbrian2005 13 years ago

I know that Tito mainly married Deedee to get away from Joseph and because the group was about to go on a world tour. They had been engaged since November 1971, which mean Deedee was still only sixteen when they got engaged and Tito had just turned 18 a month earlier. But I guess their first son Taj was born fourteen months after their wedding in August 1973.

[–] jefgg 10 years ago

18-year-old Rebbie's announcement that she wanted to marry her childhood love, Nathaniel Brown, in May 1968 created a division in the Jackson family. Jackson expressed her feelings for the man and proclaimed that she wanted to move with him to Kentucky. Katherine encouraged her daughter to proceed with the union; she felt that being a wife and mother were important roles for all of her daughters to play. Joseph, however, was against the marriage; he wanted Rebbie to follow in the footsteps of her brothers and become a singer. Her father felt that married life would stop her from becoming a success in the entertainment business. Though Rebbie had taken clarinet, piano and dance lessons in her childhood, she had no interest in a music career. This despite the fact that according to brother Jermaine she had won several singing contests, duetting with brother Jackie. The teenager thought a happy home was more comforting and secure than the instability of show business. She also wanted to leave her family's drama filled home on Jackson Street. Arguments ensued for several weeks before her father relented and allowed Rebbie to wed Brown. Having the last word on the matter, Joseph refused to walk his daughter down the aisle.

Brown and Jackson have three children, daughters Stacee (born May 5, 1971) and Yashi (born October 5, 1977), and son Austin (born November 22, 1985). Rebbie's husband, Nathaniel Brown, died of cancer on January 6, 2013.