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Jacksons say thanks to Hey Hey Harry

Source: The Australian
Sydney : Australia | about 1 month ago  
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Jackson's brothers have thanked fellow singer Harry Connick Jr for sticking up for their family on Hey Hey It's Saturday . But Marlon, Tito and Jackie Jackson also said that they felt the Red Faces impersonation that left the world aghast was not a personal attack on them, the Herald Sun...
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