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Bunny Wailer, reggae pioneer and founder of the Wailers has died at 73

2021-03-02T18:28:44.617Z


DISAPPEARANCE - He was one of the legends of reggae. Neville Livingston, whose real name is, died in a hospital in his native Jamaica. The reasons for his death are not yet known.


Jamaican singer and percussionist Bunny Wailer, reggae legend, died Tuesday at the age of 73 at Andrew's Memorial Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica.

Jamaican Culture Minister Olivia Grange herself broke the news.

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She did not specify the cause of death of Neville Livingston, real name, founding member of The Wailers with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, who made reggae a worldwide phenomenon.

Passed by ska and rocksteady in the 1960s, he recorded the albums

Catch a Fire

and

Burnin

'with his two friends at the start of the following decade.

He then left the group in 1974 to devote himself to his solo career.

His first album

Blackheart Man

, released two years later, met with real public and critical success.

He began a rich career, crowned with three Grammy Awards - in 1991 (for

Time Will Tell: A Tribute to Bob Marley

), 1995 (for

Crucial! Roots Classics

) and in 1997 for

Hall of Fame: A Tribute to Bob Marley's 50th Anniversary

.

Decorated with the Order of Merit by the Jamaican government in 2017, he was a true icon in his homeland.

Source: lefigaro

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