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Bob Marley

February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981

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Services:
  Mattingly Gardiner Funeral Home Sunday May 13 2007 at 11:00am

Visitation:
  May 12 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
  Los Angeles (AP) -- The whiff of weed wafted down the Hollywood Boulevard as a large crowd gathered to honour the late reggae king Bob Marley, who has been awarded a star on the world famous Walk of Fame. February 6th would have been Marley's 56th birthday and fans were out in force to show their appreciation for the first reggae artist to be rewarded with a star on the legendary street. Always on hand to hand out the plaques and oversee the unveiling of the stars was honorary Mayor of Hollywood, Johnny Grant. He remembered Marley to the crowd as "the first Third World superstar, a Rasta prophet, and a revolutionary artist." After a 20-odd year career Marley tragically died from a short bout of cancer in 1981. In Hollywood to accept the award was Marley's widow Rita Marley, who was accompanied by two of her children, Stephanie and Robert Marley Jr. The Marleys and even Mayor Grant were handed artificial necklaces of artificial marijuana leaves, the 'wisdomweed' of practising Rastafaris. Although there was a heavy police presence, many members of the crowd indulged in a little of the herb in honour of the event. Tunes from some of Marley's 18 albums, made in large part with his band The Wailers, floated down the legendary boulevard in the Californian Babylon. Later in February the 20th Annual Bob Marley day will be celebrated in California and he will be receiving a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy from the Recording Academy. Sign the Memory Journal for Bob Marley Below:

Guestbook Signatures and Condolences

"You may be gone, but your music will live on forever ! Rest in peace ! <3"
- Kaitlin paine
- Posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2012

"You were the best. i will smoke to that"weedwisdom""
- Alex Bourque
- Posted: Thursday, September 15, 2011

"Rest in peace your #1fan. Ima keep smoking' till the end."
- lekita vaultz
- Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2011

"Rest in Peace! your awsome."
- Tony Miller
- Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2011

"To have lived in your era would have been an honor, but living in my era honoring you and your music is a greater honor. You are gone but never will be forgotten."
- Juan Garza Jr.
- Posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2010

"Bob your dead but spiritual we are together. Rest in peace til we meet again."
- Jamesy Mwabusa
- Posted: Saturday, July 31, 2010

""...But my hand was made strong by the hand of the Almighty. We forward in this generation triumphantly. Won't you help me sing these songs of freedom? cause all I ever have: Redemtion songs; Redemption songs..." Thanks for your music Bob"
- Ed Comeau
- Posted: Friday, July 10, 2009

"You were right. Every little thing is gonna be alright."
- Cody Morris
- Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2009

"Rest in Peace Love<33"
- ashleyy lwasonn
- Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2009

"The elequent ambassador of reggae !"
- Anthony Stockdale
- Posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009

"You were a great man and i wish more of the people in this world could have thought of it in the same way with change and equality!"
- Ashley L
- Posted: Monday, January 26, 2009

"Rest in peace <3 One love!"
- Jessica Marley
- Posted: Thursday, January 22, 2009

"Rest in Peace"
- Larry Johndoe
- Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2007