Tito Jackson, who has died aged 70, was an original member, with his brothers Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael, of the Jackson 5, the family band from Gary, Indiana, which became one of the biggest phenomena in pop during the early 1970s and provided the launch pad for the career of their lead singer,

Tito Jackson, a founding member of the Jackson 5 band, older brother to Michael Jackson, and a solo musician in his own right, has died at 70.