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Reggae
Bunny Wailer (GP)
 on March 2, 2021

Reggae legend Bunny Wailer passes away

Article by Kendy 

Kingston – Jamaica is mourning the death of reggae legend Bunny Wailer, who passed away on Tuesday morning at the age of 73.

The three-time Grammy Award winner, whose given name was Neville Livingston, died around 9 a.m. at Andrew’s Memorial Hospital here, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange confirmed.

Bunny Wailer, a founding member of iconic reggae group The Wailers, that also included Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, had been ailing for several years.

He suffered a stroke in 2018 and another in July 2020 and had been hospitalised several times since.

“Today, the last surviving Wailer has passed. His son, Abijah, said to me this morning that ‘Bunny Wailer cannot die, he has transitioned’,” Grange said in a statement.

“We mourn the passing of this outstanding singer, songwriter and percussionist and celebrate his life and many accomplishments.”

In 2017, the Jamaican Government awarded Wailer the Order of Merit, the country’s fourth highest honour. Then in February 2019, the Government recognised his contribution to Jamaican music again, with a Reggae Gold Award.

“We remain grateful for the role that Bunny Wailer played in the development and popularity of reggae music across the world. We remember with great pride how Bunny, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, took reggae music to the four corners of the earth,” the minister said.

“What Bunny Wailer has done for reggae, as one of the pioneers and standard-bearers of our country’s music, lives on. Let us hold dear Bunny’s music, his memory and his family,” Grange added. (CMC)

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