Peter Tosh Murdered
Original Wailer killed in a home invasion at 42. Fierce equal rights advocate.
Original Wailer killed in a home invasion at 42. Fierce equal rights advocate.
Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert, frontman of Toots and the Maytals, whose 'Do the Reggay' named the genre. Died at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston at age 77 (his death was announced by family the following day, Sept 12).
Also on the calendar: Toots Hibbert was born — December 8th
Half Pint's 'Winsome' was covered by the Rolling Stones as 'Too Rude,' and Sublime interpolated his 'Loving' for 'What I Got.'
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