Bunny Wailer The Jamaican Reggae Band Dies At 73

By paritynews March 3, 2021 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS 0 Comments

The only surviving founding member of the reggae band The Wailers, Bunny Wailer has breathed his last.

The celebrated reggae legend was pronounced dead on the morning of Tuesday, March 2, Jamaican time according to reports from the Caribbean Island.

The Jamaican Observer which broke the news of Wailer’s demise confirmed the Boderation hitmaker died while receiving treatment at the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston.

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He died aged 73.

Yes. He died about 8:00 this morning. I’m still right here with him, his manager Maxine Stowe said.

Born as Neville O’Riley Livingston in 1947 before adopting the famous moniker, Wailer spent most of his childhood days in the village of Nine Mile in St. Ann Parish.

It was at Nine Mile where he met the late reggae musician Bob Marley and the two developed friendships that spanned over two decades.

Bob died in May 1981.

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The three-time Grammy award winner was the only remaining member of The Wailers after the death of Marley and another member Peter Tosh who was killed in 1987 during a home invasion.