LOS ANGELES —
Three of the brothers who sang and danced beside Michael Jackson in the Jackson 5 made a private visit to the pop star’s Neverland Ranch, where they walked the manicured grounds and reminisced about his life.
Jackie, Jermaine and Tito Jackson were joined for lunch Saturday at the estate by billionaire investor Thomas Barrack, who previously set up a joint venture with Michael Jackson that took control of the ranch after the singer nearly lost it to foreclosure last year.
It’s not known what will become of the 2,500-acre, Santa Barbara County ranch, a major piece of the singer’s debt-strapped financial empire. There have been unconfirmed reports that it could become a memorial or museum honoring Jackson’s legacy in the mold of Elvis Presley’s Graceland.
It’s “premature to talk about the future of the property,” said Owen Blicksilver, a spokesman for Colony Capital LLC, the Los Angeles-based firm where Barrack is chairman and CEO.
Barrack “feels very close to the family and wants to hear their thoughts about how best to honor Michael’s memory,” Blicksilver said.
The ranch in the rolling hills of central California wine country was set to be sold in March 2008 because of missed payments on a $24.5 million loan, but Jackson managed …
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