Reggae music pioneer, Neville “Bunny Wailer ” Livingston, has kicked the bucket at 73 years old, Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport said in a statement.
Wailer had been in the hospital since December and died the died at the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston, Olivia Grange said in the articulation Tuesday. No reason for death was given. Grange said the proclamation was made in line with Wailer’s family.
“We mourn the passing of this outstanding singer, songwriter and percussionist and celebrate his life and many accomplishments,” the statement said. “We remain grateful for the role that Bunny Wailer played in the development and popularity of Reggae music across the world.”
Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness likewise hailed the unbelievable artist. “Rabbit Wailer enormously affects the world making way for a worldwide development an adoration for Rocksteady and reggae music. His unbelievable exhibitions have contacted the essences of millions of fans in Jamaica and across the world,” the head administrator said in an articulation.
Mourner, whose genuine name was Neville Livingston, was an establishing individual from the Wailers, as per the assertion. The Wailers likewise incorporated the incredible Robert Nesta “Sway” Marley and Peter Tosh.
Marley passed on of disease in 1981 at 36 years old while Tosh was murdered by shooters in 1987 at age 42.
Wailer won three Grammy awards all through his career, two for Best Reggae Album and one for Best Reggae Recording for “Time Will Tell — A Tribute To Bob Marley,” as per the Grammys site.
The Jamaican government presented on Wailer the Order of Jamaica in 2012 and afterward in 2017 the Order of Merit, “the country’s highest honor,” according to the prime minister’s statement.
“Prime Minister Holness has extended sincere condolences to the Livingston family, friends, his musical colleagues and many supporters across the globe,” the statement said.