La Toya Jackson

In a family blessed with extraordinary musical gifts yet also cursed with an inordinate amount of controversy, La Toya Jackson often managed to capture a piece of the spotlight. After years of singing backup for her brothers' musical group, The Jackson 5, she enjoyed a successful singing career in the 1980s, with a few hit singles to her credit. After a marriage and divorce, followed by a reunion with her family, from whom she had been estranged for several years, Jackson spent less time in the public eye but continued recording songs. In 2009, along with the entire tight-knit clan, she mourned the untimely death of her brother, the "King of Pop." Heartbroken, Jackson emerged as a devoted and outspoken sister to one of music's greatest artists, illustrating a more human side that had too often gotten lost amidst the glamorous trappings of her career and family.