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Can you name the artist and cause of death!I`m curious of how many reggae bredrin the world has lost...

These are the ones i can think of:

>Bob Marley-Cancer (1981)

>Peter Tosh-Murdered (1987)

>Prince Far I-Murdered (1983)

>King Tubby-Murdered (1989)

>Joseph Hill-Unsure (2006)

>Lucky Dube-Murdered (2007)

>Hugh Mundell-Murdered (1983) He lived till the year of
1983 but sadly Africa was not entirely free...

>Augustus Pablo-Collapsed Lung (1999)

>Dennis Brown-Collapsed Lung (1999)

>Mikey Dread-Brain Tumor (2008)

>Henry Junjo Lawes-Murdered (1999)

>Jacob Miller-Car Accident (1980)

That`s all the names i can think of at the top of my head.One things for sure the bredrin that have been murdered is a staggering number!Even the hip hop scene hasn`t had this many murders!One things for sure the reggae business was a deadly environment to be in.

Too all the reggae soldiers who`ve fell we`ll always remember you and your music still lives on!!!

http://www.blackechoes.net/memoriam.htm

michael smith..he of MI CYAAN BELIEVE IT fame....also died young, either car crash or a murder. slim smith get knocked over by a milk wagon?actually wikipedia claims slim bust an artery in his arm by smashing a window.don drummond killed himself i think. i feel jah pablo died of a wasting illness known as myasthenia gravis

sean wrote: i feel jah pablo died of a wasting illness known as myasthenia gravis

yeah man, dem called myasthenia. It´s like a nervous disorder maybe caused by long time holding de pressure drop, yunno

JAH BLESS

sean wrote:michael smith..he of MI CYAAN BELIEVE IT fame....also died young, either car crash or a murder. slim smith get knocked over by a milk wagon?actually wikipedia claims slim bust an artery in his arm by smashing a window.don drummond killed himself i think. i feel jah pablo died of a wasting illness known as myasthenia gravis

Michael Smith - was stoned to death at a political rally.
I've got a Newspaper article published a few days after his death ( found it in a record-sleeve I bought a couple of years ago... ), it gives some very detailed information that I haven't seen online yet. Icl names of possible killers.

Michael Smith stoned to death! ,Tenor Shaw gunned down in a drive by! ,Barry Brown fell on his face! What`s happening to our bredrin? Sad to hear about Tommy McCook`s death but at least he got to a better age than allot of the dreads.

tenor saw died in 1988 by a roadside in texas, allegedly over a drug deal gone wrong..

Keith Hudson - 1984, lung cancer

RIP Keith...

there are tons of artists and producers, hugh mundell, lacksley castell, jack ruby , lee von cliff ,louie lepke,horsemouth wallace, jah lloyd, king tubby, nitty gritty etc etc.