Reggae R.I.P (updated 2014)

• Alex Sadkin - d. 25 Jul 1987 (Producer) car acc 38yo.
• Alric Forbes - d. 1998 (Prophets).
• Alton Black Died in Car Accident d. 1990's.
• Alton Ellis  - b. 1 Sept 1938 - 11 Oct 2008 cancer UK (Jamaican Order of Distinction)
• Alton Irie - ? shot (in his car NYC)
• Alva Reggie Lewis - d. 4 Feb 2013 rhythm guitarist Hippy Boys/Upsetters
• Anthony Doyley - b. 1955 - 26 Feb 2011 (Classics/ Knowledge - lead vocal)
• Ari Up aka Baby Whitey aka Medusa d. 2010 (Slits)
• Aubrey Adams - d. 1990
• Augustus Pablo aka Horace Swaby b. 21 Jun 1954 - 18 May 1999 nerve disease Myasthenia gravis
• Baba Brooks aka Oswald Brooks aka Baba Leslie - ? (Trumpet)
• Baby Wayne - (DJ) d. 29 Oct 2005 Pneumonia
• Banana Man - d. 2002
• Barry Brown - b. 1962 - 29 May 2004 collapsed & hit head in studio
• Barry Llewellyn -(Heptones)b. 24 Dec 1947 - d. 23 Nov 2011 (complained not feeling well,admitted to Kingston Hospital where he died of pneumonia)
• Basil 'Visonaire' Gayle - d. Sun 8 June 2014 (member of The Visionaires & The 12 Tribes Of Israel)
• Bertram Brown - d. 8 Sep 2008 (Producer - Freedom Sounds label)
• Bertram 'Ranchie' McLean - b. c1948 - d. 14 Nov 2012 Kingston Hosp. postrate cancer - guitarist/bass - Skin Flesh & Bones/Revolutionaires
• Billy Boyo - (Billy Theophilus Rowe) b. 1970 - 290Oct 2000 (DJ) brain tumour .
• Bim Sherman aka Jarrett Tomlinson - b. 1952 - 17 Nov 2000 cancer
• Bingy Bunny aka Eric Lamont - b. 23 Sep 1955 - 31 Dec 1993 (Roots Radics/Morwells singer/guitarist) cancer
• Bionic Steve - d. 17 Jan 1997 stabbed (in Kingston)
• Blacka Morwell aka Maurice Wellington - b. 1950 - 3 Oct/12 Nov? 2000 (Morwells) cancer NY.
• Blues Busters (Phillip "Boasy" James) b. 31 Dec 1941 - 1989 NY (Lloyd "Lloydie" Campbell) 3 Sep 1944 - Jan 1992 NY.
• Bobby Melody aka Bobby Powell ?/ George Vincent Hanson? - b. 28/2/51 Trelawny Ja. d. 26 Apr 2010 Nottingham UK. (Ralph Brothers/Prophets) cancer
• Brent Dowe - b. 29 Jun 1946 or 49 - 29 Jan 2006 (Melodians) heart failure
• 'Bunny' Rugs, William Clarke (Third World) d.Sun 2 Feb 2014 cancer
• Busty Brown aka BB James (Clive Smith) - originally from Montego Bay He released records on   the Tramp label & approx 1971 started his own Mo-Bay label.Later he became lead singer in for the group The Chosen Few. d. Jan 2012.
• Byron Lee - b. 27 Jun 1935 - 4 Nov 2008.
• Candy McKenzie -  b. 1953- d. 2003.
• Captain Barkey (Joslyn Hamilton) DJ b. 4 Nov 1951 - d. 13 Oct 2012 shot in Bronx USA
• Carl Johnson (aka Sir JJ) Producer shot in a Kingston record store d. 1971.
• Carlton "Carly" Barrett aka "Field Marshall" b. 17 Dec 1950 - 17 Apr 1987 (Drummer Wailers) shot outside his home Ja.
• Cedella Booker -  d. aged 81.
• Charles Keymist - (Bass Guitar in the Cool Notes) d. early 1980's.
• Charlie Ace - Valden Dixon  (DJ) d. shot early 1980's Kingston Ja.
• Cherry "Smith" Green - d. 4 Sep 2008 (Wailers) heart failure 65 yo
• Chester Synmoie - (Owner of Thrillseekers label) d. Brazil Oct 2011
• Clancy Eccles - 9 Dec 1940 - 30 Jun 2005 (Singer/Producer) heart failure/stroke (64yo)
• Claudius "Kingman" Linton - 1942 - 16 Jul 2010 (Hoffner Brothers)
• Clement Dodd see under Coxsone
• Clinton "Tennessee" Brown - 17 Mar 1999 (Silvertones) heart failure
• Clive Jarrett - 31 Jan 2008 shot (in his home Vineyard Town Kingston) co-owner Dynamite label.
• Cluett Johnson - 2000
• Copper Cat (Demar Graham) - d Jan 2011 shot in robbery outside Richie Stephens house Kingston Ja.
• Count Matchukie (Winston Cooper) - (DJ)  1939 - 1995 Kingston.
• Count Ossie aka Oswald Williams - 1926 - 18 Oct 1976 car acc.
• Coxsone Dodd aka Downbeat aka Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd - 26 Jan 1932 - 5 May 2004 (Producer - Studio One) heart failure. (Jamaican Order of Distinction).
• Creation Rebel aka Willie Stepper - Basil Thompson D.Mon 17 Nov 2009 London hospital.
• David Isaacs aka Bruce Bennett (Itals) - 23 Dec 2009 63yo heart failure
• Deborah Glasgow - 25 Jan 1994 cancer
• Delroy Wilson 1948 - 6 Mar 1995 liver failure
• Dennis Brown - 1 Feb 1957 - 1 Jul 1999 illness
• Dennis Sinclair - (singer in the Dominoes) d. 1994.
• Denzil Laing - d. 4 Aug 1989
• Desmond Dekker - b. 17 Jul 1941 - 25 May 2006 heart failure
• Desmond Miles - Bassist - Desmond Miles Seven/Mighty Vikings d. Tuesday 11 Dec 2012 heart attack
• Devon Russell - b. 1940 - d. June 1997 cancer
• Dhaima aka Sandra Mathews - b. Apr 1949 - d. 9 May 2000 drowned
• Dirtsman aka Patrick Thompson - (DJ) b. 1967 - robbed & shot 21 Dec 1993 in Spanish Town.
• Dizzy Flemming - d. c1980's shot in NYC
• DJ Village - (Horace Pinnock bbc radio 1 dj)  d. 20 Nov 2001 age 24. shot in gang fight Wembley.
• Don Drummond - d. 6 May 969 (Trombonist) (Died In Bellevue Hosp)
• Don Taylor - 1 Nov 1999 (Manager/Promoter) heart failure
• Drumbago aka Arkland Parks - 1970?
• Duke Reid aka Arthur Reid - 1915 - 1974 (Producer)
• Duke Vin aka Vincent Forbes - Jamaican born UK soundman , built first UK Sound System "The Tickler" Died Nov 2012 aged 84.
• Early B "The Doctor" aka Earlando Neil - 11 Sept 1994 acc shot at Windsor Cricket Club Dorchester Massachusetts.
• Egbert Evans - (Sax,Flute) 2 Jul 2009 56 yo.
• Errol "ET" Thompson - (Engineer) 29 Dec 1948 - 14 Nov 2004 stroke/heart failure.
• Errol Scorcher - (DJ) Errol Archer Died after headache 19 Jan 2012.
• Errol Shorter -DJ  Murdered Kingston 1982.
• Everton DaSilva - d. 1979 (Producer - Hungry Town label) Born 18 Oct 1954 - Died 9 May 1989 shot in NYC
• Exuma (Tony McKay) - d. 22 Jan 1997 Nassau Ba.
• Ezz Reco - Ska artist d?
• Fabian Miranda (Faybiene Miranda) d. 21-Dec-2013 UK
• Fathead - (DJ) aka Vernon Rainford  b. 1960 - 19 Aug 1988 multiple gunshot wounds in crack house ( Ft Lauderdale Florida USA)
• Fazel Prendergast - d. 2005 drowned (trying to rescue his guitar from vehicle in river)
• Frankie Jones aka Jah Frankie Jones - shot by police NYC d. 1990's
• Freddy McKay - b. 1947 - 19 Nov 1986  (Died in his sleep after complaining of headache)
• Garnett Silk - b. 2 apr 1966 d 9Dec 1994 (Died rescuing his mother from house fire)
• Geoffry Chung - b. 1950 - Nov 1995 (Guitar/Engineer/Producer) liver failure
• General Echo (DJ) aka Errol Robinson - d. 22 Nov 1980 (DJ) shot (by police w/Big John & Flux of Echo Tone HiFi)
• Gene Rondo aka Winston Lara - b. 1943- 12 Jun 1994 cancer
• George Faith - d. April 2003
• Girlie - d. 1990's in UK
• Glen Adams - d. 20 Dec 2010 (Keyboards/Upsetters)
• Grace Nelson - d. mid 90's (Ja roots singer)
• Gregory Anthony Isaacs - b. 15 Jul 1954 Kingston d. 25 Oct 2010
• Gregory Peck aka Gregory Williamson - (DJ) ?
• Harry 'J' Johnson (Producer) d.4/Apr/2013 aged 68 (diabetes)
• Henry "Junjo" Lawes (Producer) - d. 13 Jun 1999 shot (in Harlsden London UK)
• Hortense Ellis - b. 18 Apr 1941 - 18 Oct 2000 resp failure
• Hugh Mundell aka Jah Levi - b. 1962 - 1983 shot (in Kingston Ja while in car with Jr Reid)
• I Roy aka Roy Samuel Reid  - (DJ) b. 28 Jun 1944 - 27 Nov 1999  heart failure 55yo
• Jackie Edwards aka Wilfred Gerald Edwards - b. 1938 - 15 Aug 1992 heart failure.
• Jackie Mittoo aka Donat Roy Mittoo - b. 3 Mar 1948 - 16 Dec 1990 (Keyboards) cancer (in Toronto)
• Jackie Opal aka Dalton Sinclair-Bishop - b. 1940's - 196? car acc (in Barbados)
• Jack Ruby aka Lawrence Lindo - (Producer - Fox Wolf labels) d. 1989 heart failure
• Jacob Miller - b. 1955- 23 Mar 1980 car acc Ja.
• Jah Bull (DJ) aka Woolton Harrison - b. 1950-8 May 2005 Ja.
• Jah Jerry aka "Ska" aka Jerome Hines - (Skatalites Guitarist) b. 11 Aug 1921 - 13 Aug 2007 Ja.
• Jah Lloyd aka Jah Lion aka Patrick Francis - (DJ/Singer/Producer) b. 1950 - 2 Jun 1999 shot Kingston Ja. OR died of respiratory illness 5 Jun 1999.
• Jah Woosh (DJ/Producer)aka Neville Beckford?  - d. 21 Feb 2011 UK.
• Jean Adebambo - d. 15 Jan 2009
• Jennifer Lara - d. 11 June 2005 stroke Ja.
• Jim Kelly - (DJ Killamanjaro Sound) d. 1983 murdered (Spanish Town Rd Ja.)
• Joe Gibbs aka Joel Augustus Gibson - (Producer) b. 1943-21 Feb 2008 heart failure (Ja Order of Distinction)
• Joe Higgs - b. 13 Jun 1940 - 18 Dec 1999 59yo cancer (in LA. USA)
• Joel Chin (VP Records) ?
• Johnny "Dizzy" Moore aka John Arlington Moore (Trumpet) - b. 5 Oct 1938 - 16/17 Aug 2008 colon cancer
• John Wayne (DJ) d. Jan 2014
• Joseph Hill - (Culture) b. 22 Jan 1949 - 19 Aug 2006 liver failure.
• Judge Dread Alexander Minto Hughes b. 2 May 1945 d 13 Mar 2008.
• Junior Braithwaite - (Wailers) b. 1949 - shot 2 June or 12 June 1999 in his home in Kingston by three armed men.
• Junior Delgado aka Oscar Hibbert - b. 25 Aug 1958 - 10 Apr 2005 (died in sleep London UK)
• Junior Murvin (Murvin Junior Smith) b. 1949 - Dec 2 2013 Port Antonio Ja. diabetes.
• Justin Hinds - b.1942 - 17 Mar 2005 lung cancer
• Justin Yap - (Producer - Top Deck label) b. 23 May 1944 - d. Jul or Dec 1999.
• Keith Hudson - b.1946/47 - 14 Nov 1984 (Singer/Producer) lung cancer.
• Kenneth Hookim - b.  3 Oct 2013 aged 66 of Lung Cancer (Producer - Channel One)
• Kennith Khouri - (Owner - Federal Records) d. 20 Sep 2003
• Kenny Culture aka Government d Jan 2010
• King Stitt aka the Ugly One - (Winston Sparkes) d. 31? Jan 2012
• King Tubby aka Osbourne Ruddock - b. 28 Jan 1941- 6 Feb 1989 shot (outside his home in Tower Hill Kingston or Duhaney Park?)
• Lacksley Castell - d.1983 (from TB)
• Larry Lawrence aka Clifton Lawrence - (Owner - Ethnic Fight label) b. 1947- Aug 2008 cancer London.
• Laurel Aitken aka Oliver Stevens b. 1927 Cuba - 17 July 2005 stroke Leicester UK.
• Lee Copthall - (Owner - Trojan Records) b. 1939 Constant Spring - 29 May 1997
• Lee Van Cleef - d. 1987? (DJ) shot NYC? (aka Devon Perkins?)
• Lennie Hibbert - b.1928 - 1980's?
• Leonard Santic Chin (Producer)b. 1953 -  D Thu 8 Aug 2013 Ja. cancer
• Leonard Dillon - (Ethiopians) d. 28 Sept 2011
• Leslie Kong - b. 1933 - 9 Aug 1971 (Producer - Beverlys) heart failure Aged 38.
• Lil Joe (aka J.O.E - Alty Georges Nunes) - culture singer Ja. d.7 Feb 2011 aneurysm age 24.
• Lloyd Brevett - d. 3?-May-2012 St. Andrews Hospital Aged 80 (Order Of Distinction/Silver Musgrave Medal)
• Lloyd ''Lloydie" Campbell - b. 3/9/41 - d.? Jan 1992
• Lloyd Charmers - Producer/Singer d. Wed 26th Dec 2012 London (heart failure)
• Lloyd George Ricketts - (Itals) b. 23 Sept 1947 - Died 22 Jul 2011
• Lloyd "Tinleg" Adams - ?
• Lloyd Knibb - Drummer Skatalites b. 8 March 1931 - 12 May 2011 Ja. 80yo (Order of Distinction)
• Lloyd Robinson - d. Tues 5-Nov-2013 aged 69. (singer of Cuss Cuss)
• Louisa Marks - b. 11 Jan 1960 UK - d. 17 Oct 2009 Gambia - food poisoning/stomach ulcer
• Lucky Phillip Dube - d. 18 Oct 2007/08? shot (Jo'berg Sth Africa)
• Lui Lepke - 12 Aug 1957 - 1987? (DJ) shot? (NYC?)
• Lynn Tait - d. 21 Jan 2010 (Guitar)
• Major Worries - (DJ) Wayne Jones - d. Aug 1987 shot in Spanish Town Kingston by security guard.
• Marguirita Mahfood - d. 2 Jan 1965 murdered by Don Drummond Ja.
• Massive Dread - (Dennis James) b. 1960 - 1994 Shot Ja.
• Matthew McAnuff - d 22 Aug 2012 neighbours chopped him to death Ja.
• Michael "Mikey Dread" Campbell - d. 15 Mar 2008 (DJ/Singer/Producer) brain tumour
• Michael  "Zap Pow" Williams - b. 1944 - 9 Aug 2005 (Zap Pow) 61yo
• Mikey Simpson -  d Dec 1993/ or early 1994 d murdered in argument Ochio Rios Ja.
• Michael Smith - b. 1954 - 17 Aug 1983 (Dub Poet) murdered Stoney Hill Ja.
• Mikey Wallace (Third World) shot near his home  Kingston d.1999.
• Nicky Cecil Thomas - b. 1949 - 1989/90? heart failure Ja.
• Nicodemus b. 1957 - 26 Aug 1996 (DJ) diabetes
• Nitty Gritty (Glen Augustus Holness) - 1957 - 24 Jun 1991 shot (Brooklyn NYC outside Super Power Records store)
• Olive "Senya" Grant - d. 2001
• Oneil Edwards - d. 2010? (Voicemail)
• Ossie Hibbert - d. Sunday 1-Jul-2012 keyboards etc - Died suddenly after concert.
• Pamela Maynard - b Guyana d 25 Nov 2012 Toronto 58yo breast cancer.
• Panhead - (DJ) (Anthony Johnson) b. 1966 - Oct 1993 robbed & shot outside his home in Maverly Ja after leaving a dance in Spanish Town.
• Patrick Waite - Musical Youth d. 24 Feb 1993 heart failure.
• Paul Hookim (Channel One Studio) Murdered Greenwich Farm d. 1977.
• Paul "Pablo" Stewart - b. 1960 - July 2002 stomach cancer.
• Peter Tosh (Winston Hubert McIntosh) - b. 1944 - 11 Sep 1987 shot (murdered at his home w/ radio dj Free I  others? by Dennis Loban?)
• Philip "Fatis" Burrell - (Producer Xterminator label) d. 2 Dec 2011 Stroke.
• Phillip Linton - owner Arrows Rec Studio 57c Windward Rd, East Kingston shot d.4 Mar 2004.
• Phillip Smart - (Producer HC&F Studios) b. 9 Apr 1960 d. 25 Feb 2014. Age 53 pancreatic Cancer
• Phyllis Dillon - b. 1945 - 15 Apr 2004 cancer NY
• Prince Far I (Michael Williams) - b. 1944 - 15 Sept 1983 shot (during robbery at his home)
• Prince Jazzbo (Linval Carter) - b 3 Sep 1951 Clarendon - d 11 Sept 2013 Ja. cancer
• Prince Lincoln Thompson (Royal Rasses) - d. Jan 1999 liver cancer UK.
• Propally - Dancehall DJ d.26 Jul 2014 hit by motorcycle at Half Way Tree.
• Ranking Dread (Winston Brown?) - ? Died in Ja prison?
• Ranking Toyan aka Byron Letts - d. 1991 murdered
• Ranking Trevor (Maxwell Grant) - d. Tues 7-Aug-2012 Killed by vehicle while riding his bike home from a dance in Ja.
• Ras Pidow b. 1931 - Mar 2001
• "Releigh" Gordon aka Henry Gordon - d. 1994 (Maytals)
• Richard "Dirty Harry" Hall - ? robbed & murdered in empty building Manhatten NYC.
• Ringo - (DJ) aka Johnny Ringo aka (Bradley Miller) - d. Jul 2005 pnuemonia Ja.
• Rising Son - d. 2001 Kingston.
• Risto Benji aka Michael Benjamin - Shot at his home in St. Catherine Ja. by unknown assailant 16 May 2011
• Robert Nesta Marley - 6 Feb 1945 - 11 May 1981 cancer (Jamaican Order of Merit)
• Roland Alphonso - (Saxophone) b.1936 - 20 Nov 1999 heart failure LA Cal.
• Roman Stewart - b. 1957 - 25 Jan 2004 heart failure NYC.
• Roy Richards - b. 1944 - 25 May 2007 (66yo) St Ann's Bay Ja.
• Roy Shirley - b. 1944? - 17 Jul 2008 heart failure
• Roy "Soft" Palmer - d. 2001 (Palmers Brothers) murdered Kingston.
• Roy Wilson - (of Higgs & Wilson) d. 26-May-2012 aged 72.
• Ruddy Thomas  - b. 12 Jul 1951 - 10 Jun 2006 (on stage during Loving Pauper Portland Ja.
• Sam Bramwell - d. 1986 (Chantells) shot (by police during robbery at bauxite plant )
• Sandra "Puma" Jones - b. 1953 - 1990 (Black Uhuru) cancer NYC.
• Scooby Santino - d Mar 2009 UK Dancehall singer in 90's murdered.
• Scotty (David Scott) - 1951 - 27 Feb 2003 prostate cancer
• Shenley Duffus - 2001/02?
• Sid Bucknor - 12 May 2010 (Engineer)
• Sidney Wolf (Sons Of Negus?) - 1946 - 27 Jun 1998 lung cancer
• Simple Simon - 1956 - 6 Feb 2004 cancer
• Simpleton? - 2004
• Sir Harry aka The Boss - (DJ) - Jul 1999 murdered Kingston
• "Sir J J" aka Carl Johnson - (Producer) - 1972 shot (in his record store Ja.)
• Skitter - ? (Of Bunny & )
• Slim Keith Smith - b. 1948 - 1973 (Bled to death after cutting arm while attempting to gain access to his? home)
• Sluggy Ranks - (Andrew Phillip Gregory) d. 29-Jul-2012 Car accident in Ja.
• Smiley Culture - (David Victor Emmanuel) (DJ)b. 10 Feb 1963 - 15 Mar 2011 stabbed while in police custody UK.
• Sonia Eloise Pottinger OD b. 21 Jun 1931 d 3 Nov 2010 alzheimers
• Sonia McLean - (of lovers rock trio Me & You)
• Stanley Beckford - (Turbines) 1942 - 30 Mar 2007 throat cancer
• Stephen Taylor - (Ethiopians) 1944 - 1975 car acc
• Steve Collins - (son of Sir Collins UK) DJ d 1981.
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• Stix Dan - (Samuel Reid) b. 4 Oct 1956 - 1 Jul 2009.
• Sugar Belly - (William Walker) d. c1990
• Sugar Minott - b. 25 May 1956 - 10 Jul 2010 heart failure
• Sydney Wolfe (Black Uhuru) b. 1946- d. 27 June 1988 lung cancer.
• Tenor Saw - (Clive Bright) 966 - Aug 1988 (found beside road in Houston Texas)
• Theophilus "Easy Snappin" Beckford - b. 1935 - Feb 2001 murdered (in Kingston with machete in dispute with neighbour)
• Tommy McCook - (Saxophone)b. 1933 - 4 May 1998 heart failure USA
• Tony Brevett  (Melodians) d. 26 Oct 2013 Cancer Died Miami Hospital
• Tony Rich - gospel reggae singer d? 5 Jun 2012 organ failure.
• Trevor Bow - d. 24 Apr 1993 murdered Kingston.
• Trevor Roper - (singer in Chalice) d. 4- Jan-2013 Cancer in Chicago
• Trevor Sparks - (Trevor Chambers) b. 1965 UK d. 23 Mar 2004 Chicago diabetes
• Tubby T - UK Dancehall artist d. 2008 stroke.
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• Turbo Belly - d. 2004 shot (in Spanish Town Ja.)
• Tyrone "Don" Evans - (Paragons) d. Oct/Nov? 2000
• Tyrone Taylor - b. 1954 - d. Nov/Dec? 2007 prostate cancer
• U Roy Junior aka Froggy - d. 1973/74? shot (while attempting robbery Kingston)
• Val Bennett - d. 1991 (Saxophone) diabetes (Died in the almshouse)
• Vic Taylor - b.1946 - 25 Jun 2003 heart failure
• Victor Cross - b. 21 June 1960 d. 9 Sep 2000 (Singer & Multi Instrumentalist - Lovers Rock/Ariwa/Twinkle Bros) Road Acc France.
• Vincent Chin - (Owner - Randy's) b. 1938 - d. Feb 2003 heart failure
• Vyris Edgehill-Nunes - b.18 Jun 1954 Ja. - d. 12 July 2002 heart problem. Singer - Akabu/etc Backing Singer.
• Wayne Smith (Sleng Teng) d.17/Feb/2014 Heart Failure
• Winston Grennan - (Drummer) 1944 - 27 Oct 2000 cancer Mass USA.
• Winston Riley - (Producer Techniques label) Shot in Kingston Nov 2011 d. 19 Jan 2012 (65 yo).
• Winston Wright - b. 1944 - 1993 (Keyboards/Bass) heart failure Ja.
• Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson - d. 1 Sep 2009 heart/kidney failure NYC.
• Yabby You (Vivian Jackson) - b. 14 Aug 1946 - 12 Jan 2010 63yo stroke