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A 1994 Report

HEADLINE:

Ex-wife of Tito Jackson drowns in friend’s pool in LA

MAGAZINE: Jet Magazine,
DATE: Sept 12, 1994

tito-jackson mj brotherThe ex-wife of Tito Jackson, a member of the singing Jackson clan, recently drowned in a swimming pool in Los Angeles, authorities report.

Delores Martez Jackson, 39, who divorced Toriano “Tito” Jackson in 1988, was pulled from the pool by a boyfriend who remained unidentified at JET press time.

Ms. Jackson was taken to Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital where she was declared dead, said Deputy Rich Erickson. Investigators believe Ms. Jackson died accidentally, but the coroner will determine the cause of death, Erickson said.

The boyfriend, whose name was withheld by deputies, said he was swimming with Ms. Jackson when he got out of the pool and left briefly, investigators said. He found Ms. Jackson on the bottom of the pool when he returned.

Tito Jackson, 40, married Delores Martez in June 1972 and the couple had two children, Toriano Adaryll Jackson Jr., 21; and Taryll Adren Jackson, 19.

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A 1997 Report

HEADLINE:

Los Angeles businessman charged for death of Tito Jackson’s former wife

MAGAZINE: Jet Magazine,
DATE: March 31, 1997

RIP Dee JacksonLos Angeles businessman Donald Bohana recently was charged with murder in the 1994 death of Delores Jackson, former wife of Tito Jackson.

Bohana, 60, had told police that Ms. Jackson, known as Dee Dee, accidentally drowned in the pool of his home in the upscale Ladera Heights section of Los Angeles. He pleaded not guilty when arraigned in L.A. Superior Court.

The three children of Dee Dee filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Bohana in 1995. The coroner’s report, obtained by JET in 1994, indicated that Ms. Jackson died as a result of “asphyxia due to drowning, alcohol intake and blunt force traumatic injuries.”

Ms. Jackson had been dating Bohana about a month when the incident occurred.

Initially, the death was ruled accidental. However, late in 1994 the District Attorney’s office reopened the case.
Pictures of Tito Jacksons Sons 3T

The Times reported that Bohana was a businessman who had debts that totaled more than $4 million.

Bohana’s bail was set at $1 million.

In the wrongful death suit filed by Ms. Jackson’s three children–Tariano, 22, Taryll, 20 and Tito Joe, 17–they alleged Bohana was upset because Dee Dee would not help bail him out of his financial difficulties. The suit stated that he beat and held her underwater until she died.

ARTICLE SOURCE

COPYRIGHT 1997 Johnson Publishing Co.
COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning

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Titi Jackson and Dee DEE delores

Titi Jackson and Dee DEE delores 1Picture Source: musicology

Tito married Delores “Dee Dee” Martes (who died in 1994) in June 1972 at the age of 18, and later divorced in 1988. The couple had three sons, who compose the musical group 3T:

  • Toriano Adaryll “Taj” Jackson, Jr. (b. August 4, 1973)
  • Taryll Adren Jackson (b. August 8, 1975)
  • Tito Joe “TJ” Jackson (b. July 16, 1978)
  • Pictures of Tito Jacksons Sons 3T

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