Reggae great Bunny Wailer, 73, dies

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Reggae legend Bunny Wailer, who co-launched The Wailers with
Bob Marley in the 1960s, died Tuesday in Kingston at the age of 73, the
Jamaican government said.

No induce of demise was specified, but the culture ministry mentioned
Wailer – his genuine title was Neville Livingstone – had been hospitalised considering that
December.

Wailer was the very last surviving authentic member of the Wailers
immediately after Marley died of most cancers in 1981, and Peter Tosh was murdered in 1987.

Wailer, who was a childhood friend of Marley, won a few
Grammys in excess of the program of his profession, and in 2017 he was awarded Jamaica’s
Get of Benefit – the country’s fourth best honour.

“We keep on being grateful for the role that Bunny Wailer played
in the enhancement and reputation of Reggae tunes across the environment,”
Society Minister Olivia Grange stated in a assertion.

“We keep in mind with excellent delight how Bunny, Bob Marley and
Peter Tosh, took Reggae audio to the 4 corners of the earth,” she included.

Jamaican politician Peter Phillips also compensated tribute to
Wailer. He wrote on Facebook: “The passing of Neville ‘Bunny Wailer’
Livingston, the final of the first Wailers, delivers to a shut the most
lively interval of Jamaica’s musical experience. Bunny was a good aware
Jamaican brethren believing and doing the job for Truth and legal rights and Justice. Wander
good. Relaxation in Peace.”