• Founding NDTC member Bert Rose has died | Entertainment
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    Founding NDTC member Bert Rose has died | Entertainment

    April 6, 2021 - By 

    Founding member of the Nationwide Dance Theatre Firm (NDTC) and co-founder of the Jamaica College of Dance, Bert Rose has died. Inventive director of the NDTC, Marlon Simms, advised The Gleaner that Rose handed away this morning and that he had been ailing for some time. In an job interview with The Gleaner, Simms explained Rose as a genuine country builder whose contribution to the country’s cultural fabric is insurmountable. “He was more than just a dancer and choreographer. He was a trainer, a mentor, a gentleman who was normally providing. He was all about celebrating Jamaica and showcasing how…

  • Bunny Wailer, last surviving founding member of reggae group The Wailers, dead at 73
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    Bunny Wailer, last surviving founding member of reggae group The Wailers, dead at 73

    March 6, 2021 - By 

    Bunny Wailer, a reggae luminary who was the last surviving founding member of the famous team The Wailers, died on Tuesday in his indigenous Jamaica. He was 73. Wailer, a baritone singer whose delivery title was Neville Livingston, was also recognised as Jah B. He fashioned The Wailers in 1963 with late superstars Bob Marley and Peter Tosh when they lived in a slum in the cash of Kingston. They catapulted to worldwide fame with the album, Capture a Hearth and also served popularize Rastafarian society between much better-off Jamaicans starting up in the 1970s. “Jah-B was a vanguard, generally pushing…