New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Reverend Jesse Jackson, a towering personality from the US civil rights movement, has passed away at the age of 84, his family said on Tuesday.

"Our father was a servant leader - not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world," the Jackson family said in a statement.

"His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you honor his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by," the statement added.

An ordained Baptist minister, Jackson was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) in 2017.

Born in Greenville, South Carolina, Jackson became involved in the civil rights movement in the 1960s and was a close asso...