The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s family insisted Sunday that the civil-rights icon is in stable condition and “not on life support” in the wake of “inaccurate media reports’’ about his health.

Jackson, 84, was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago last week and placed under observation over his progressive supranuclear palsy, a degenerative brain disorder, according to a statement from his Rainbow PUSH Coalition on Thursday.

The nonprofit organization said at the time that Jackson was in “stable condition” and “receiving appropriate treatment” for the condition.

A family source then told CNN on Sunday that Jackson suffered a significant drop in blood pressure Saturday night and was placed on a form of life support to help stabilize him.

His family released a statement l

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