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Janet Damita Jo Jackson was born on May 16, 1966 in Gary, Indiana. She's the youngest of 9 children born to Joe and Katherine Jackson. Growing up in the Jackson family, Janet was aware of the lures of performance early on.
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Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16 1966) is a Grammy award-winning, Golden Globe, and Academy Award-nominated American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Janet is the youngest child of the Jackson music family. She initially stepped into the limelight in the family's 1974 Las Vegas production, 1976 television show, and later on her own as a television actress. She then released two modestly successful records, Janet Jackson and Dream Street, in the early 1980s. In an ...Read More >
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Around the same time, Jackson fell in love and eloped with James DeBarge, a member of the Motown family group DeBarge. The marriage was annulled in March 1985, with DeBarge’s drug habit often cited as the reason. After the marriage was annulled and after years of dealing with being a member of a world-famous family, Jackson began to search for independence. It has long been alleged, but not conclusively proven, that Jackson and DeBarge produced a daughter who was born after their breakup.
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Earlier this month, an insider told the site the couple were planning their nuptials imminently, saying, "Janet wants very much to keep the event private. So don't expect anything over the top. It will be small -- only have close friends and family -- and definitely no one from the media will be invited."
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