Jah Itagaki's REGGAE LIFE
   This Day in Reggae
and Nubian, Rasta, herb and related history

 May 18
1977: Bob Marley & The Wailers' Exodus tour 1977 Europe / Eissposthalle, Berlin, Germany
1989: Tiger is set free from his arrest for overstay in USA on April 30th and is deported to Jamaica.
Few days after that, he recorded for the album "Good Boy Me" (released on NEC Avenue, Japan).
1999: Augustus Pablo (Horace Swaby) passes away at University Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, after a long illness, at the age of 45. (b. June 21, 1953)
The cause was myasthenia gravis, a nerve disorder, said his brother, Garth Swaby. The London Times reported he died of a muscular disease. The MUSIC Watch reported the cause was pneumonia.
1999: Michael Wallace's father passes away on the morning of this day.
2017: Singer Frankie Paul (Paul Blake) passes away at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.

 May 19
1925: Black activist Malcolm X (Malcolm Little) is born in Omaha, Nebraska.
1948: Singer-actress Grace Jones is born in Spanish Town, Jamaica.
1972: Rohan Marley is born to Bob and Janet Hunt.
1972: Jenny Berggren [Ace Of Base] is born.
1978: Bob Marley & The Wailers' Kaya'78 tour kicks off at Cleveland (Ohio, USA.)
1981: The body of Robert Nesta Marley (Bob Marley) (d. May 11) is transported from USA to Jamaica.

 May 20
1851: Emile Berliner, inventor who developed the world's first flat-disk record player, is born in Hannover, Hannover [Germany].
1955: Captain Norval Sinclair Marley, father of Robert Nesta Marley (Bob Marley), passes away in Kingston, Jamaica.
1956: Tyrone Downie [Bob Marley & the Wailers; Keyboards] is born.
1972: Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified.
1973: The Wailers appear on BBC TV show OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST.
1999: Azizzi Romeo (Ronaldo Zidane Azizzi Smith) is born.

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