Joseph gave up his one and only train token so Cathy could get the subway home. But sadly Joseph had a severe drug problem, with Lamar writing in his memoir that his father "first tasted marijuana at fourteen.
Joseph dropped out of high school during his sophomore year and signed up for the military. He later served in the Vietnam war. Lamar wrote: "He returned to Brooklyn a broken man. He was introduced to heroin in Vietnam.
Many soldiers used it to deal with the stress of taking human life. It was how they coped. Joseph got back on his feet when he returned to the U. He secured a job at the Woodside Houses in Brooklyn, where he ended up meeting Lamar's mom. They welcomed baby Lamar in and lived together in an apartment in Queens.
The cause of death is unknown, and Odom mentioned, he and his father didn't always see eye to eye. In an interview with Radar Online in , Joe blamed the Kardashian family for his son's problems. At that time, Odom was married to Khloe Kardashian and fired back at his father for the comments. Odom, 41, was having issues with drugs at the time, which led to his divorce from Kardashian in Since then, Odom has been involved in various projects and will reportedly face Aaron Carter in a celebrity boxing match in June.
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