Bunny Wailer: Reggae legend who played with Bob Marley dies, aged 73. The musician, from Kingston, Jamaica, was a founding member of The Wailers, who went on to find international fame with Bob Marley. One of Marley’s childhood friends, he worked on the star’s first two albums, Catch A Fire and Burnin’, before going solo in 1974. He went on to win three Grammys and was given Jamaica’s Order of Merit in 2017. His death was confirmed by manager Maxine Stowe, and Jamaica’s Culture Minister, Olivia Grange. The cause of death is unknown, but he had been in hospital since having a stroke in July 2020. The star, whose real name was Neville O’Riley Livingston, had been the last surviving member of The Wailers, following Bob Marley’s death from cancer in 1981, and Peter Tosh’s murder during a robbery in 1987.
