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Reggae icon Bunny Wailer, last Wailers member, dies aged 73
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Bunny Wailer
Iconic Reggae singer Bunny Wailer has died today Tuesday (March 2) at a hospital in Kingston. News of the icon’s passing was confirmed by Minister of Culture, Gender and Sport, Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange.
DancehallMag understands that the legendary Reggae artist, who was 73-years-old at the time of his passing, had been ailing for some time. His manager, Maxine Stowe, told us just last week that Wailer was still undergoing regular rehabilitation sessions after suffering his second stroke in July 2020.
Stowe was optimistic but noted that it was an ‘uphill battle’.
Minister Grange, in a statement today, said Wailer passed away at 9am today at Andrew’s Memorial Hospital in Kingston. “We mourn the passing of this outstanding singer, songwriter and percussionist and celebrate his life and many accomplishments.”
Bunny Wailer, giant of reggae who formed the Wailers with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh – obituary
With his bandmates he spread the reggae gospel around the world, and he went on to a successful solo career as the genre’s elder statesman
Bunny Wailer in 1988
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Bunny Wailer, who has died aged 73, was with Bob Marley a founding member of the Wailers, who revolutionised reggae music; as the only remaining Wailer (Marley died in 1981 and Peter Tosh, the third member, was shot to death in 1987) he was for many years considered the music’s elder statesman.
He was born Neville Livingston, and it was not until much later that he would take the sobriquet of Bunny Wailer, largely as a marketing device for his clear, ringing tenor voice and percussive arranging. His friendship and work with Marley, and later with Tosh, led to them forming the Wailers, an intensely creative and varied trio who gave reggae an immense international reach. Though it is hard to pul
Reggae Legend Bunny Wailer dies, aged 73
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The legendary reggae icon Bunny Wailer passed away, aged 73, at the Medical Assocciates Hospital in Kingston, according to reports from Jamaica.
Born in 1947, Bunny Wailer, whose real name is Neville O’Riley Livingston, was an original member of reggae group The Wailers along with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.
A three time Grammy Award winner, he is considered one of most iconic bearers of reggae music and a stalwart in the Jamaican music industry.
He received the Pinnacle Award from the Coalition To Preserve Reggae on November 2 at the Kumble Theater in Brooklyn, New York and in 2017, he was awarded the Order of Merit from the Jamaican Government.
Bunny Wailer is pictured in this July 16, 2015 file photo performing at Liverpool O2 Academy in Liverpool, Britain. Photo by Sakura /WENN.com
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KINGSTON Bunny Wailer, the legendary Jamaican reggae singer who founded the Wailers with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh and was the last surviving founding member, has died at a hospital after suffering a stroke. He was 73.
“This is a great loss for Jamaica and for Reggae,” said Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, calling him “a respected elder statesman of the Jamaican music scene.”
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