Albert Griffiths
Albert Griffiths, frontman of the reggae band The Gladiators, died on Tuesday evening in Aberdeen, St Elizabeth. He was 74 years old.
His son Anthony confirmed Griffiths death to
Loop News. He had been diagnosed with Parkinson s disease over 10 years ago and stopped touring with The Gladiators since.
Cabel Stephenson, who managed the Gladiators between 1994 to 2004, said: The Gladiators was one of the first groups in reggae to enter the international global space and Albert was breaking language barriers and championing reggae music from the 1970s. He gave us one of Jamaica s biggest number one songs, Hello Carol . He was a great person, he played the bass but he was known as a brilliant rhythm guitarist who played on many hit songs at Studio One.