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Sent 1: (CNN) -- Tito Joseph "TJ" Jackson, who on Wednesday was named temporary guardian of Michael Jackson's three children, was inspired by his famous uncle to form a singing group with his brothers.
Sent 2: TJ had been placed in charge of the children when the kids' grandmother, Katherine, left home on July 15 and will watch the children while the legal proceedings play out in a California court.
Sent 3: TJ Jackson, 34, is the son of Tito Jackson and the late Delores Martes Jackson.
Sent 4: TJ and his older brothers, Taj and Taryll, form the R&B group 3T.
Sent 5: Jackson is married with three children, a boy and two girls.
Sent 6: Judge suspends Katherine Jackson as guardian of Michael Jackson's children A 1995 article in People described the brothers' childhood as normal despite their famous father, uncle and aunts.
Sent 7: Taj Jackson told the magazine: "My mom made sure that we had a real childhood, with birthday parties, baseball, family outings, all that stuff."
Sent 8: They were close to their Uncle Michael.
Sent 9: "He's like a third parent to us," Taj told People in 1995.
Sent 10: Eventually the brothers went along on one of his tours and decided to form a singing group and were recording their first album in 1994 at the time of their mother's death.
Sent 11: Initially it was believed Delores Martes Jackson, who had divorced from Tito Jackson in 1993, drowned in a swimming pool, but the case was reopened, and her sons in 1995 filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against a man they accused of killing her.
Sent 12: Three years later, Donald Bohana was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, according to People magazine.