BOB MARLEY ; A Legends Life And Death.

Early Life in Jamaica

He was christened as Nesta Robert Marley but a Jamaican passport officer mistakenly reversed his first and middle name, hence, his official name became Robert Nesta Marley....

Born on February 6, 1945, in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica, Bob Marley helped introduce reggae music to the world and remains one of the genre's most beloved artists to this day..The son of a black teenage mother and much older, later absent white father, he spent his early years in St. Ann Parish, in the rural village known as Nine Miles. 

 Marley was the son of a British Naval Officer Norval Sinclair Marley and Jamiacan Cedella Booker. His father worked at the Royal Marines. One of his childhood friends in St. Ann was Neville "Bunny" O'Riley Livingston. Attending the same school, the two shared a love of music. Bunny inspired Bob to learn to play the guitar. Later Livingston's father and Marley's mother became involved, and they all lived together for a time in Kingston. 

MUSIC LIFE
Marley and Livingston devoted much of their time to music. Under the guidance of Joe Higgs, Marley worked on improving his singing abilities. He met another student of Higgs, Peter McIntosh (later Peter Tosh) who would play an important role in Marley's career. 

Marley went to the United States where his mother was now living. However, before he left, he married Rita Anderson on February 10, 1966.

He was a Rastafarian, which is a religion founded in Jamaica in the 1930s. The Rastafarians follow the coronation of Haile Selassie I as the Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930. They worship him as their Jesus. Marley once said to a reporter that Jesus was not white, he was black.

ASSASINATION ATTEMPT
A group of gunmen attacked Marley and the Wailers while they were rehearsing on the night of December 3, 1976, two days before a planned concert in Kingston's National Heroes Park. One bullet struck Marley in the sternum and the bicep, and another hit his wife, Rita, in the head. Fortunately, the Marleys were not severely injured, but manager Don Taylor was not as fortunate. Shot five times, Taylor had to undergo surgery to save his life. 

DEATH AND MEMORIAL

Diagnosed with Cancer.

Traveling to Europe, Bob Marley underwent unconventional treatment in Germany, and was subsequently able to fight off the cancer for months. It soon became clear that Marley didn't have much longer to live, however, so the musician set out to return to his beloved Jamaica one last time. Sadly, he would not manage to complete the journey, dying in Miami, Florida, on May 11, 1981.

  
                             Bless Up Legend You Shall Forever Remain In Our Hearts!!!!

RASTAFARII!!!