Bunny Wailer—reggae icon and founding member of pivotal group The Wailers—has died at the age of 73. His manager Maxine Stowe confirmed the news to the Jamaica Observer.
While no cause of death has yet been reported, Wailer has reportedly been in and out of the hospital since suffering his second stroke last summer.
Born Nevile Livingston in St. Ann's Parish, Jamaica, Wailer grew up alongside step-brother Bob Marley in Trenchtown. In 1963, he founded The Wailers alongside Marley and friend Peter Tosh, who they met as mentees of "Godfather of Reggae" Joe Higgs.
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