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“Leonard Dillon, the leader of the pioneering reggae group, The Ethiopians, has died in Jamaica at the age of 68. Dillon began his career using the stage name, Jack Sparrow, in the early 1960s. He recorded a series of ska songs, including Bull Whip, which featured a young Bob Marley on backing vocals. Dillon later [...]

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“Sugar Minott, a popular Jamaican singer whose joyful, lilting voice bridged four decades of transformation in reggae music, died Saturday in Kingston, the nation’s capital. He was 54.” read obituary here http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/14/arts/music/14minott.html

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The Associated Press Saturday, October 11, 2008 LONDON: Reggae music pioneer Alton Ellis, who enjoyed a career revival in recent years after a string of hits in the 1960s, has died in a London hospital. He was 70. Officials at Hammersmith Hospital said Ellis died “peacefully” Friday and that his family did not wish to [...]

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