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RIP Bunny Wailer

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Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and last Wailers member, dies aged 73

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Bunny Wailer, the legendary Jamaican reggae singer who founded the Wailers with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh and was the last surviving founding member, has died in hospital after suffering a stroke. He was 73. The father of 13 had suffered a number of strokes in recent years.

Wailer's given name was Neville O'Riley Livingston but he was known affectionately as Bunny Wailer, Bunny Livingston or Jah B.

He came from Trench Town, a poor inner city community of Kingston that went on to inspire one of the Wailers' hits.

"The passing of Bunny Wailer, the last of the original Wailers, brings to a close the most vibrant period of Jamaica's musical experience," wrote Jamaican politician Peter Phillips in a Facebook post.

"Bunny was a good, conscious Jamaican brethren."

Bunny Wailer knew Bob Marley and Peter Tosh at a young age, and the trio formed the Wailers in 1963.

Along with Tosh, Wailer eventually left the group to became a solo artist, while Marley began touring with new band members as Bob Marley and the Wailers.

Bunny Wailer is considered one of the key figures in popularising reggae internationally

Jamaica's PM called him "a respected elder statesman of the Jamaican music scene"
"This is a great loss for Jamaica and for reggae," said Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, calling him "a respected elder statesman of the Jamaican music scene".
Tribute Video. (Im sure when you hear some of the tracks he was behind everyone will have heard it.)
His , along with Marley and Tosh were certainly very popular in my youth. Now they are all 'up there' no doubt jamming away.



RIP Bunny Wailer.... the original Rastaman.

“One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain...” was a quote of his IIRC

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