Joseph Mulrey McIntyre (born December , ) is an American
singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known as the youngest member
of the late 's pop group, New Kids on the Block. He has sold over one
million records worldwide as a solo artist.McIntyre was born in
Needham, Massachusetts and raised in Jamaica Plain, United States. His
parents were Thomas McIntyre, a union official, and his wife Katherine
(née Bowen) a community theater actress. His mother died on November
, , after a long battle with Alzheimer's. His father died on November
, . He is the youngest of nine children with older siblings, Judy,
Alice, Susan, Tricia, Carol, Jean, Kate, and Thomas Jr. in an
Irish-American Catholic family. McIntyre graduated from Catholic
Memorial School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, an all-male Catholic
private school. He shares the same birth date as his sister, Carol.
Another sister, Judy, is an actress.In , just before his th birthday,
he joined New Kids on the Block, replacing [Jamie Kelly]. Since the
other four members of the band were already long-time school friends,
he initially found it difficult to mesh with them. They eventually
became one of the most successful boy bands of the late th century,
producing two number one albums on the US Billboard charts. In ,
Forbes listed the band as the highest-earning entertainers, beating
Madonna and Michael Jackson. They split in , but they reunited in and
have remained active since.
singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known as the youngest member
of the late 's pop group, New Kids on the Block. He has sold over one
million records worldwide as a solo artist.McIntyre was born in
Needham, Massachusetts and raised in Jamaica Plain, United States. His
parents were Thomas McIntyre, a union official, and his wife Katherine
(née Bowen) a community theater actress. His mother died on November
, , after a long battle with Alzheimer's. His father died on November
, . He is the youngest of nine children with older siblings, Judy,
Alice, Susan, Tricia, Carol, Jean, Kate, and Thomas Jr. in an
Irish-American Catholic family. McIntyre graduated from Catholic
Memorial School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, an all-male Catholic
private school. He shares the same birth date as his sister, Carol.
Another sister, Judy, is an actress.In , just before his th birthday,
he joined New Kids on the Block, replacing [Jamie Kelly]. Since the
other four members of the band were already long-time school friends,
he initially found it difficult to mesh with them. They eventually
became one of the most successful boy bands of the late th century,
producing two number one albums on the US Billboard charts. In ,
Forbes listed the band as the highest-earning entertainers, beating
Madonna and Michael Jackson. They split in , but they reunited in and
have remained active since.
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