A Brief on the legend
Bob Marley
Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in
Nine Miles, Saint Ann, Jamaica, to Norval
Marley and Cedella Booker. His father was a
Jamaican of English descent. His mother was
a black teenager. The couple planned to get
married but Norval left Kingston before this
could happen. Norval died in 1955, seeing his
son only once.
Bob Marley started his career with the Wailers,
a group he formed with Peter Tosh and Bunny
Livingston in 1963. Marley married Rita Marley
in February 1966, and it was she who
introduced him to Rastafarianism. By 1969
Bob, Tosh and Livingston had fully embraced
Rastafarianism, which greatly influence Marley's
music in particular and on reggae music in
general. This
collaboration ended bitterly when the Wailers
found that Perry, thinking the records were his,
sold them in England without their consent.
In 1974, Marley later
formed the band "Bob Marley and the Wailers",
with his wife Rita.
In 1977 Marley consulted with a doctor when a
wound in his big toe would not heal. More
tests revealed malignant melanoma. He
refused to have his toe amputated as his
doctors recommended, claiming it contradicted
his Rastafarian beliefs. Others, however, claim
that the main reason behind his refusal was the
possible negative impact on his dancing skills.
The cancer was kept secret from the general
public while Bob continued working.
Returning to Jamaica in 1978, he continued
work and released "Survival" in 1979 which was followed by a successful European tour. In 1980 he was the only foreign artist top to participate in the independence ceremony of Zimbabwe It was a time of great success for marley, and he started an American tour tor reachblacks in the US. He played two shows
at Madison Square Garden, but collapsed while
jogging in NYC's Central Park on September
21, 1980. The cancer diagnosed earlier had
spread to his brain, lungs and stomach. Bob
Marley died in a Miami hospital on May 11,
1981. He was 36 years old and May 11 is being set every year to celebrate the legendary Marley.
Happy Marley Day🍁
