Dead Reggae Artists

[arize_rootsman]

how did lacksley castell die ?

[sean]

same lack of real information applies to the deaths of dennis brown and augustus pablo. nowhere will you read either a coherent or a reliable account of their lives and their last days..i know jah pablo died of myasthenia gravis though

[Chong]

Dennis Brown had AIDS, was touring in South America got sick developed pneumonia and died.

[tingjunkie]

The Train to Zion website claims that Jack Ruby may have overdosed on cocaine? Can anyone confirm this?

Also, I was wondering if anyone knows the details of Jacob Miller's car crash?

So many sad stories in this business. JA is no joke business.

[Roddy]

Half of the stereophonic sound were killed by the cops

Gen. Echo, Flux and Big John

[tingjunkie]

Here is another good resource... http://www.blackechoes.net/memoriam.htm

The snippets about Don Drummond are quite interesting. Says he murdered someone in 1965, then he died in the hospital in 1969 under "suspicious circumstances."

Would love more info here too.

[pisces]

this is how it really go, with the one who was in the car when mundell get shoot in the head. i have a tape that, roah steffens gave to me, when he interviewed junir reid in 85, when he was with black uhuru. junior reid talks about, what lead to the whole event. starting with this local theif, who yes stole a blender and a few other things from mundell's house. mundell and junior confronted the robber man. mundell wanted to talk to him, so mundell, and reid rode off with the guy. so mundell was trying to find out the location of his belongings, to make a long story short, mundell and reid eventually drove in front of the police station and had the guy hauled into jail. now from this point, later on that day, probably evening time, the robber mans brother, confronts mundell along with reid, and mundell's wife riding in the car. the theifs brother asks mundell, where his brother, since mundell was last seen with him. at this time, the guys brother is thinking that mundell and reid did the worstest thing possible to his brother. through this whole time the guy is waving his pistol around. mundell tells the guy the truth, that he brought him in to custody and wouldn't have him released until he got his stuff back. well. at this point, the guy brother, is jus furious confused, and panicky. the guy come fires one round missing, mundell backes his car up, to get away. but when the 2nd round shot off. it fatally wounds mundell, through his head. blood everywhere. reid was ducked down for awhile, until he thought it was safe, and fled the scene. mundell survived until the next morning. when mundell was brought into the hoe hospital, he was already in a coma, brain dead, non-responsive.
so that is what happend. if you want to see the actual article, in junior reid's own words. check if you can still get your hands on the beat magazine, back in 85 or 86, with black uhuru in the front.

respect,
pisces

[Julie]

Yeah, what happened to Jingles? And how exactly did Bogle die? Was it an intentional thing, or random? Does anyone know? Thanks.

[Julie]

Jack Ruby died of heart complications. Many speculate drugs, because Jack did indulge in some cocaine. His wife also was known to enjoy using and died similarly.

[bwoyrough]

thanks for the Hugh Mundell info Pisces, very interesting, but very sad story.