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However, they are deeply saddened that he’s not around to celebrate this great achievement.
“This is a bitter-sweet moment for my family. We’re very happy that our patriarch has won his second Grammy Award. My father was a phenomenal gift to this world and we’re happy that he was able to touch the hearts of so many people with his music and we’re very grateful that he has won another Grammy Award. I just wish he was here to enjoy it with us,” said his daughter Leba Hibbert.
She added, “On behalf of my mother Mrs Doreen Hibbert and the rest of the family, I want to thank all the people who have supported my father’s music throughout the years. I also want to thank the members of his band, Zack Starkey, Sshh and Trojan Jamaica, Cameron Husty, Sly Dunbar, Cyril Neville, Jo Murray, Eric Gardiner, Hartwig and everyone at BMG Rights, Eric Baker, Adam, Rob and Larry at Primary Wave.”
The family of Frederick Toots Hibbert has described as bittersweet the reggae icon s posthumous Grammy Award.
Toots and The Maytals won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album with Got to be Tough on Sunday, six months after their legendary frontman died of COVID-19 complications.
In a statement Monday, Toots family said they are happy that he won the Grammy Award but added that they are deeply saddened that he’s not around to celebrate this great achievement.
His daughter, Leba Hibbert said, “This is a bitter-sweet moment for my family. We’re very happy that our patriarch has won his second Grammy Award. My father was a phenomenal gift to this world and we’re happy that he was able to touch the hearts of so many people with his music and we’re very grateful that he has won another Grammy Award. I just wish he was here to enjoy it with us.