Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorToots Hibbert, an influential and veteran Jamaican ska and reggae singer and founder of the band the Maytals, has died.
He was 77. The cause of death is as yet unclear though he had been recently tested for Covid-19.A statement from his family released on Sept.
11 reads: “It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by his family at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.The family and his management team would like to thank the medical teams and professionals for their care and diligence, and ask that you respect their privacy during their time of grief.”The youngest of seven children, Hibbert’s.
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