PENSACOLA: It’s been four decades since Bob Marley’s death, a period longer than the reggae icon’s brief but potent life that skin cancer ended when he was 36. “Looking back now, I believe in many ways, he was before his time,” Mowatt told Agence France-Presse. Not long after, he cut his tour short and underwent months of ultimately unsuccessful alternative cancer treatment in Germany. On his way home to Jamaica to receive one of his nation’s highest awards, the Order of Merit, Marley’s condition worsened. Learning of Marley’s death is a moment seared into Mowatt’s consciousness.

Source: Manila Times May 11, 2021 16:18 UTC