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Alvin ‘Seeco’ Patterson, percussionist with Bob Marley and the Wailers – obituary
- Alvin 'Seeco' Patterson, who has died aged 90, was a percussionist with Bob Marley and the Wailers, and a mentor and father figure to the reggae legend; he was with Marley when gunmen attempted to assassinate him, and was by his side during his treatment for the cancer that ultimately killed him.
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Bunny Wailer obituary
Bunny Wailer obituaryFounder member of the Wailers whose debut solo album Blackheart Man is regarded as one of reggae’s finest Bunny Wailer performing in Oakland, US, in 1986. Photograph: Clayton Call/Redferns
- EntertainmentThe Guardian
The brilliant Bunny Wailer pushed reggae forward on his own terms
The brilliant Bunny Wailer pushed reggae forward on his own terms. The Jamaican star, who has died aged 73, returned to his roots after global fame with Bob Marley to deepen and diversify reggae with a powerful sense of creative freedom
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
Bunny Wailer, giant of reggae who formed the Wailers with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh – obituary
Bunny Wailer, who has died aged 73, was with Bob Marley a founding member of the Wailers, who revolutionised reggae music; as the only remaining Wailer (Marley died in 1981 and Peter Tosh, the third member, was shot to death in 1987) he was for many years considered the music’s elder statesman. He was born Neville Livingston, and it was not until much later that he would take the sobriquet of Bunny Wailer, largely as a marketing device for his clear, ringing tenor voice and percussive arranging.
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Jamaica's Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and last Wailers member, dies at 73
Bunny Wailer, a reggae luminary who was the last surviving member of the legendary group The Wailers, died on Tuesday in his native Jamaica, according to his manager. He was 73. Wailer, a baritone singer whose birth name is Neville Livingston, formed The Wailers in 1963 with late superstars Bob Marley and Peter Tosh when they lived in a slum in the capital of Kingston. They catapulted to international fame with the album, “Catch a Fire.” The Wailers and other Rasta musicians popularized Rastafar
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Bunny Wailer, last surviving member of Bob Marley and the Wailers, dies aged 73
Bunny Wailer, the reggae legend who was the last surviving member of The Wailers, has died at the age of 73. The baritone singer, whose birth name was Neville Livingston, formed The Wailers in 1963 with late superstars Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. In addition to their music, the Wailers and other musicians popularised Rastafarian culture among better-off Jamaicans from the 1970s.
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Bunny Wailer, Of Legendary Reggae Group The Wailers, Has Died Aged 73
The star was best known as a founding member of The Wailers, alongside his childhood friend Bob Marley.
