.. how many (legendary) reggae artise have died

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Cynthia Schloss — (Cynthia Schloss-Blake) — Died from heart complications February 25th 1999.
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will neva figet har death,,,nite my son died i was in NY, well LI really....Merritone was play PL club ovah deh...di club PL son run nex to di restaurant...i can memba how me n WB was tawking about har etc etc...not to know mi son who had gone to C had died during di time we were reminiscing....ah sah...memories indeed

[evanovitch]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Dennis Brown — (Dennis Emmanuel Brown) — Died of respiratory failure, University Hospital Kingston, on July 1, 1999.
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ah sah...where to stawt...lass time was at the HJ hotel pon 57th ? wich we use fi cawl di reggae hotel since soo many of us would end up deh....r it could have been the Lexington...memories confused ...so many hotels di record companies use fi use

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Free I — (Jeff Dixon) — Got shot on Sep 11, 1987 at Peter Tosh's home in Kingston, Jamaica.
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ah sah...grew up to have the privilige of working wid him son....grew up up his DJaying pon radio, knew him as a big man to me

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Garnett Silk — (Garnett Smith) — Passed away trying to save his mother as his house was burning in Mandeville on Dec. 10, 1994.
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news was broken to mi by an Air Jam hostess on a midnite flight from NY to Ja...saw him last at Gussie studio a couple days before at a rehearsal fi Laing show a Stadium...floored mi

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vanny u need fi write a book to rathid..
would be interesting to read bout some of the lesser known ones you mentioned.

nuh matter which way you check it, Jamaica's musical history is really a phenon..

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Cynthia Schloss — (Cynthia Schloss-Blake) — Died from heart complications February 25th 1999.
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will neva figet har death,,,nite my son died i was in NY, well LI really....Merritone was play PL club ovah deh...di club PL son run nex to di restaurant...i can memba how me n WB was tawking about har etc etc...not to know mi son who had gone to C had died during di time we were reminiscing....ah sah...memories indeed </div></div>

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Jacob Miller — aka Killer Miller - Killed in a car crash on Hope Road in Jamaica on Mar. 23, 1980.
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mi no know weh mi tink wen mi memba dis...knew him before di fame , during di fame an dreamt him di day i found out mi sista had cancer...no joke...he told me she would pull through n he was right

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Dirtsman — (Patrick Thompson) — Robbed and killed on Dec 21, 1993 in Spanish Town, Jamaica.
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spoke to him HOURS, before he was shot in the head...we were at CB studio pon H PK RD...EARLY MAWNING cawl fi tell mi seh him get shot in di head...cried tears mi tell u..humble yute as to how i knew him...

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pleXxed</div><div class="ubbcode-body">vanny u need fi write a book to rathid..
would be interesting to read bout some of the lesser known ones you mentioned.

nuh matter which way you check it, Jamaica's musical history is really a phenon.. </div></div>

i tell u dat Copeland Forbes is writing a book....i recommend it highly wen it come out....i knew people independent of knowing him and met him wen he use to road manage Peter...will wait to read his book as i wait to read Skills....wid me, i dont have the attention span... but i have the photo albums to prove mi tawk....
an of course di memories...i can memba wen Homer from England gave me a cassette of Luciano n asked me to work wid him...den i met L dung a CB studio...dem memories no one can tek from mi..can memba Malik Yoba asking me to manage him as he wanted a music career not an acting one...again den memories nobody can tek from me

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Don Taylor — Died Novenber 1st, 1999 in Miami following heart problems.
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last time i saw him in person we flew in to Ja on the said flight...he told me of the book he was writing...sent me a galley of said book...he was a personality indeed

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Bob Marley — (Robert Nesta Marley) — Died in Miami, May 11th 1981of cancer that spread from his toe to his brain.
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apart from the last time he was on stage wid Bunny an Peter at the Jackson 5 show at the stadium i memba him playing football on the beach at the Forum Hotel ovah Hellshire way....Cimmarons who had made his Talking Blues a megga hit were in town to record at TC studio on Oxford Rd...fi some reason, i have this vivid memory of him injuring his big toe...ole age an memories no mix...but who was to tell wat would be in the future...said way i can memba working at CIBC on HWT RD while waiting fi A Level results n Bunny Wailters coming in wid a cheque written by CB fi $3500...memba it like anyting cause he endorsed it wid his stage name an i had him write his legal name...got that gig because i was a A girl an the personnel manager dwntwn CIBC as also an alumni..use to go to B's farm in ST T n he use to bring me pop chow as we called it

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Earl Belcher — (Founder of Jah Love Music Sound System) Died of a stroke in June 11th 1999.
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if mi fada ongle knew ...use to love KC...always had a fondness fi amythests....was dating a KC schooler wile i was in school an he was a baldhead Ras...i always wore long skirts, natural hair n was into the music scene wich was not kosher bak den...he took me to Jah Love sessions...cross di river wen u turn leff in Golden Spring....pon Dunsrobin Ave wen u turn pon it juss pass Merl Grove HS...it was an open lot ....fuss time me eva deh rung sooooo many Ras...i remember vividly seeing Ras in wheelchairs an marvelling at dat...tried Ital cornpone fi di fuss time n neva did again

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Lucky Dube — (Ermelo Dube) — On October 18, 2007, the 43 year old Dube was shot dead in a botched hijacking while dropping off his two teenaged children at his brother's house in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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still ha di bizniz card his manager gave me...my ongle regret is not going to his studio in SA at the time he invited me....but my conversations wid Lucky r still in mi mind...i was drawn to him as to me he sounded like Peter so much n he didn't mind my telling him so...

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> Joseph Hill — Suddenly took ill and passed away in Berlin, Germany on the morning of August 19, 2006 while the group was in the middle of a European tour.
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ah wat to say dat i have not said before....neva figet mi cow head cooking up a di house...a promise he made to me an kept....privilige to see him son whe mi know as a yute grow up n on him own quest

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> John Jones — Succumbed to an heart attack on October 23, 2000.
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many wont know him if dem a youngsters but he was a crooner of renown....cabaret style...i met him wen mi sista was in med school...we use to seh he tried every discipline up at UWI...yep he was in med school at the time...lasted one year if memory serves mi rite..but in his heart he was a singer..sorta of like DR AB, renowned substance abuse practitioner a yaad...he also use to seh medicine was his hobby n music his true love..heeeee has a band he plays wid.r use to...