Bunny Wailer, co-founder of the Wailers with Bob Marley, dies

Bunny Wailer, one of the founders of the

group

The Wailers, led by Bob Marley, died this Tuesday at the age of 73 in a hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, as confirmed by the island's Minister of Culture, Olivia Grange, it's a statement.

The cause of his death has not been disclosed, but the artist had been admitted several times after suffering a heart attack in 2020.

Born in 1947 in Jamaica, Wailer was part of the original trio that first became The Wailers, Marley, Peter Tosh, and himself in the early 1960s, later becoming Bob Marley and The Wailers.

The two artists were friends since children and worked together until Marley's death in 1981. Together they signed

in April 1973. Until then the presence of

in the West was anecdotal.

Thanks to their pioneering work, that changed radically.

Wailer was the last of the three founders still alive, following the deaths of Marley and Tosh, who was killed in 1987 during a burglary at their home.

Between 1973 and 1981, when Marley died of cancer for which he did not receive the recommended treatment because his religious beliefs prevented it, seven other studio albums by Bob Marley and The Wailers were released, in addition to the direct

on the that the group's live sound was collected.

On his own, Wailer had an interesting career, with peaks like

(1977), a

conscientious

classic

.