UNIVERSALLY KNOWN AS BOB MARLEY
His father, Norval Sinclair Marley, was a British citizen
plantation superintendent on a working visit to Jamaica met his mother, a black
teenager, named Cedella Booker. Cedella Booker's teen beauty attracted Norval Sinclair
Marley and he moved in to live together with her and naturally Cedella became
pregnant.
After persevering for nine months, Cedella Booker
delivered the baby peacefully on the Thursday afternoon of February 6, 1945, in
Nine Mile village, a district in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica. She named the baby Robert
Nesta Marley after his father who was nowhere to be found in Jamaica.
In February of 1966, Robert Nesta Marley married to Rita whose
full name was Alfarita Constantia Marley OJ, OD, now lives in Miami, USA, is a
Cuban-born Jamaican singer, songwriter and entrepreneur, while she was a
backing vocalist for Bob Marley with the Wailers band.
A melanoma that started under Bob Marley’s big toenail wounded
him while he was playing football in 1977. Marley was diagnosed with a
malignant melanoma under this toenail. Bob Marley was very much into football
and he was a very good player.
He battled with this injury and his doctor advised him to
amputate his right big toe. He did not accept the amputation advice because he
believed in Rasta No Abide Amputation. His melanoma spread, or metastasized, to
other areas of his body and tragically cut his life short. Contrary to popular
belief, the melanoma was not caused by a football injury, but rather was a
symptom of the already existing cancer.
Despite his illness, he continued touring and was in the
process of scheduling a world tour in 1980.
While Marley was flying home from Germany to Jamaica, his
vital functions worsened. After landing in Miami, Florida, he was taken to the
hospital for immediate medical attention. Bob Marley died on 11 May 1981 at
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami (now University of Miami Hospital) at the
age of 36. The spread of melanoma to his lungs and brain caused his death. His
final words to his son Ziggy were "Money can't buy life”.
He was a member of the Ethiopian Coptic Orthodox Church
and was baptized
Berhane
Selassie (Light of the Trinity) and he had become a Christian Rasta. His
funeral celebration was a combination of Ethiopian Orthodox and Rastafarianism
grace. Bob Marley was a singer, song writer, guitarist, composer and a
footballer, buried back home near his birthplace in Nine Mile village,
Jamaica.
Some of my Favorites among the rest of his songs are
Redemption Song, Three Little Birds (don't worry 'bout a thing, 'Cause every
little thing is gonna be alright!), Is This Love, So Much Trouble In The World,
Positive Vibration, Lively Up Yourself, Africa Unite and in fact all his songs
are liberating.
In 1986, in honor of her famous husband, Rita Marley decided to convert
Bob Marley's home into the Bob Marley Museum, became the Founder and
Chairperson of the Robert Marley Foundation in 2000, the Bob Marley Trust and
the Bob Marley Group of Companies.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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