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Robert Nesta Marley , OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician. Considered one of the pioneers of
reggae , his musical career was marked by fusing elements of reggae, ska , and rocksteady, as well as his distinctive vocal and songwriting style. [2]
[3] Marley's contributions to music increased the visibility of Jamaican music worldwide, and made him a global figure in popular culture for over a decade. [4][5] Over the course of his career Marley became known as a Rastafari icon, and he infused his music with a sense of spirituality. [6] He is also considered a global symbol of Jamaican music and culture and identity, and was controversial in his outspoken support for the legalization of marijuana , while he also advocated for Pan-Africanism .



Illness and death
In July 1977, Marley was found to have a type of malignant melanoma under the nail of a toe. Contrary to urban legend , this lesion was not primarily caused by an injury during a football match that year but was instead a symptom of already-existing cancer. Marley turned down his doctors' advice to have his toe amputated (which would have hindered his performing career), citing his religious beliefs, and instead, the nail and nail bed were removed and a skin graft was taken from his thigh to cover the area. [63][64] Despite his illness, he continued touring and was in the process of scheduling a world tour in 1980. [65]
The album Uprising was released in May 1980. The band completed a major tour of Europe, where it played its biggest concert to 100,000 people in Milan. After the tour, Marley went to the United States, where he performed two shows at Madison Square Garden in New York City as part of the Uprising Tour. [66]
Marley's last concert occurred at the Stanley Theater (now called The Benedum Center For The Performing Arts) in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, on 23 September 1980. Just two days earlier he had collapsed during a jogging tour in Central Park and was brought to the hospital where he learned that his cancer had spread to his brain. [67]
The only known photographs from the show were featured in Kevin Macdonald 's documentary film Marley . [68]
Shortly afterward, Marley's health deteriorated as his cancer had spread throughout his body . The rest of the tour was canceled and Marley sought treatment at the Bavarian clinic of Josef Issels, where he received an alternative cancer treatment called Issels treatment partly based on avoidance of certain foods, drinks, and other substances. After eight months of effectively failing to treat his advancing cancer Marley boarded a plane for his home in Jamaica. [69]
While Marley was flying home from Germany to Jamaica, his vital functions worsened. After landing in Miami, Florida, he was taken to the hospital for immediate medical attention. Marley died on 11 May 1981 at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami (now University of Miami Hospital), aged 36. The spread of melanoma to his lungs and brain caused his death. His final words to his son Ziggy were "Money can't buy life." [70]
Marley received a state funeral in Jamaica on 21 May 1981, which combined elements of
Ethiopian Orthodoxy [71][72] and Rastafari tradition. [73] He was buried in a chapel near his birthplace with his guitar. [74]
On 21 May 1981, Jamaican Prime Minister
Edward Seaga delivered the final funeral eulogy to Marley, declaring:

The man who love African continent more than some real Africans.

I still played his song Africa unite and one love yesterday..

How good and pleasant would it be before God and man to see the unification of all African..
(Bob Marley)

Rest on Legend. Currently playing 'One Love'

Legend of all legends.

his songs will forever remain evergreen. strong messages all through, a prophet we will never have again till the end of the world..

(REDEMPTION SONGS)
emancipate your self from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our own mind,
have no fear for atomic energy for none of them can stop the time
how long shall they kill our prophet, while we stand beside and look yet some say it's just the part of it.
we've gat to fulfill the book, won't you help to sing
the song of freedom

this man have seen it all since 70s
listening to natural mystic.. (there is a natural mystic blowing through the air, if you listen carefully now you will hear.
this could be the first trumpet, might as well be the last, many more will have to suffer, many more will have to die, don't ask me why??

Legendary Legend...

Too much of marijuana
Rest on Legend

rest in peace Bob Marley... a true prophet and philanthropist

ZINIBANKS:
Too much of marijuana Rest on Legend

but marijuana did not kill him

ballerman:
but marijuana did not kill him

Part of what killed him nicar

"The trenchtown rock, reap what you sow" R.I.P Bob Marley the legend

myzkidayo:
this man have seen it all since 70s
listening to natural mystic.. (there is a natural mystic blowing through the air, if you listen carefully now you will hear.
this could be the first trumpet, might as well be the last, many more will have to suffer, many more will have to die, don't ask me why??

I'm telling you