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Michael Jackson's son Blanket, 22, makes rare sighting with brother Prince, 27, at Tito Jackson memorial

By JACQUELINE LINDENBERG and ASHLEIGH GRAY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM 20:25 05 Nov 2024, updated 21:24 05 Nov 2024 Comments Comments Michael Jackson's son, Blanket (also known as Bigi) made a rare appearance

By JACQUELINE LINDENBERG and ASHLEIGH GRAY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM 20:25 05 Nov 2024, updated 21:24 05 Nov 2024

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Michael Jackson's son, Blanket (also known as Bigi) made a rare appearance while attending a memorial service for his late uncle, Tito Jackson, held at the Jackson family home in Encino on Tuesday.

Nearly two months earlier on September 15, Tito - who was the founding member of the Jackson 5 - passed away following a fatal heart attack at age 70.

On Monday, a funeral for Tito took place at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale - with Michael's other children such as Paris, 26, also paying her respects.

Bigi was seen arriving to the service wearing a black suit as well as a white dress shirt and black tie.

His older brother, Prince Jackson, 27, was also in attendance and donned a dark gray suit and black shirt underneath.

Jermaine Jackson paid his respects to his late brother at the memorial on Tuesday, and was spotted outside the Encino family home also wearing a classic, black suit and tie.

He joined other guests as he was guided towards the main entrance ahead of the service.

Actress Kym Whitley was later seen arriving to the memorial, and wore a black and white-patterned blazer as well as a pair of matching trousers.

She additionally wore a black, satin top underneath and slipped into a pair of black, closed-toed shoes.

Upon arriving to the home, attendees seemingly checked in at a security table before being guided to an area in the backyard.

A large tent with a see-through roof was set up behind the house, and various circular tables and chairs were placed underneath for guests.

One day earlier on Monday, Tito's funeral took place at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Paris Jackson had been in attendance in an all-black ensemble and was also joined by Bigi - who wore a black suit.

Prince and Paris are the children of the late Michael Jackson and his ex-wife, Debbie Rowe.

Bigi - who mainly stays out of the public eye - was born in 2002 via surrogate, but the identity of his mother is not known.

Others that attended the funeral earlier this week included La Toya Jackson, Marlon Jackson, as well as Jafaar and Jermajesty Jackson.

Jafaar - who is the son of Jermaine Jackson - is notably portraying his late uncle in the upcoming biopic titled, Michael.

The film - which is directed by Antoine Fuqua - is slated to release in theaters in next year in October 2025.

Kimora Lee Simmons was also at the gathering to pay her respects to Tito following his passing in September.

Taking to her Instagram stories after Tito's death, Paris shared a throwback photo of him and her late father - who died in June 2009 - and wrote, 'Rest in transition Uncle Tito.'

Meanwhile her older brother Prince shared a family photo on social media which included several members of the famous family surrounding matriarch Katherine.

In the caption of the image, he typed out to his followers, 'Love you forever Poppa T.'

Tito's son TJ commented, 'He always spoke so highly [of] you, Prince, and was so proud of the man you have become and your love for family. Thank you for being such a great nephew to him.'

Tito Jackson told his friend Terry Harvey Maltbia he 'couldn't breathe' and 'wasn't feeling good' moments before he was rushed to a New Mexico hospital where he later died of a heart attack.

Maltbia, who is also Jackson's business associate, told DailyMail.com that he and the singer were in Gallup, New Mexico and stopped for food before getting back on the road and heading to Jackson's ranch in Oklahoma.

Maltbia, Jackson and another friend, Ronald Balfour, were on a road trip to California, where the trio planned to pick up Jackson's vintage cars from his home.

'We just got done eating turkey and chicken, laughing and talking,' Maltbia said. 'We were putting the top on the convertible because it started raining.'

'That's when Tito came back on the passenger side window and said, "My chest is hurting. Can you help Ronnie to finish the top?"'

'He said, "I ain't feeling good in my chest." He wiped his face off, took off his shirt and it was like someone had threw a bucket of water on him.'

Tito was taken to the hospital and Maltbia recalled, 'They took me back there and I looked at him.'

'He had about seven doctors working on him and it got really bad. I called his brother, Marlon, and that's when he died.'

Michael and Tito's pop star sister Janet Jackson broke her silence on her the latter's death on October 15 - what would have been his 71st birthday.

Taking to her Instagram stories, the singer uploaded a black and white childhood snap of the siblings and wrote: 'May you rest in eternal peace. I miss you so much!'

For her part, La Toya also marked her older brother's birthday with a tribute post. It was captioned, 'Happy Heavenly Birthday Tito! I will always love you!'

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