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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBob Marley died on this day
41 years ago
I remember the day as if it were yesterday
MineralMan
(146,308 posts)Still, his spirit lives on, I think.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Blues Heron
(5,932 posts)ornotna
(10,801 posts)marmar
(77,080 posts)spanone
(135,832 posts)malaise
(268,998 posts)Response to spanone (Reply #5)
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H2O Man
(73,537 posts)A sad day, for sure. I remember it all too well.
RussBLib
(9,012 posts)Had a melanoma and refused to get his toe amputated, so it spread all over his body and killed him. At age 36. Another example of religion screwing things up.
But I liked his music.
Chautauquas
(4,440 posts)He was definitely on my list of artists I really wanted to see, so I'm glad I got the chance.
malaise
(268,998 posts)Saw him a few times😀
LeftInTX
(25,335 posts)I lived there during that time, but was busy working etc. Didn't really know who he was, but kept seeing posters for him.
Celerity
(43,372 posts)Label: Coxsone Records
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Country: Jamaica
Released: 1965
Genre: Reggae
Style: Ska
Recorded at Brentford Road
Kingston, Jamaica, W.I.
December 1964
Produced by Coxsone Dodd
The Wailers:
Robert Marley
Peter Tosh
Bunny Wailer
The Skatalites:
Tommy McCook
Rolando Alphonso
Lester Sterling
Lloyd Brevett
Lloyd Knibb
Don Drummond
Jah Jerry Haynes
Jackie Mittoo
Johnny Moore
malaise
(268,998 posts)😀
Higherarky
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panader0
(25,816 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,904 posts)Impossible to measure all the good things a human being did in life. But, we can sense it in the lives of those the person touched.