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Bob Marley memorial record (1981)

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Bob Marley died on May 11, 1981, of cancer, at age 36 - a loss that turned Marley from reggae's most successful international artist into its most enduring global symbol, with his catalogue continuing to introduce new listeners to Jamaican music decades later.

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