I see in the news that Tito Jackson, 3rd eldest of the Jackson Family and former member of the Jackson 5, has passed away. He was not quite 71.

I think of the Jackson 5 as a long-ago thing, but of course they weren’t, and also of course they were all terribly young in their heyday — they started in 1964; my personal favorite tracks came in 1969-1970 — so I looked it up.

Joe and Katherine Jackson had 10 kids between 1950 and 1966, including a set of twins where only one survived. Jackson 5 members in bold.

• Rebbie Jackson, 1950, is now 74.
• Jackie Jackson, 1951, is now 73.
• Tito Jackson, 1953-2024, was not quite 71.
• Jermaine Jackson, 1954, turns 70 in December.
• La Toya Jackson, 1956, is now 68.
• Marlon Jackson, 1957, is now 67.
• Brandon Jackson, 1957-1957.
• Michael Jackson, 1958-2009, was 50 when he died. Had he lived, he’d have turned 66 last month.
• Randy Jackson, 1961, turns 63 in October. He replaced Jackie in the Jackson 5 in 1975.
• Janet Jackson, 1966, is 58.