Bunny Wailer: Giant of reggae music and founding member of The Wailers

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A Mojo review of a 1996 show in London’s Finsbury Park remarked upon Bunny’s silver-sequinned jumpsuit and “kung-fu leaps that defied age and gravity”, but he still had a fear of flying, and spent much of his time growing coffee and corn on land near Kingston he had purchased with a cash settlement from Island Records. Wailer’s manager Maxine Stowe was with him when he died at Kingston’s Medical Associates Hospital, and told the Jamaica Observer he is survived by 13 children, 10 sisters, three brothers and grandchildren. “Bunny Wailer will always be remembered for his sterling contribution to Jamaica’s culture,” Andrew Holness, the Jamaican prime minister, wrote in a tweet. Ziggy Marley, son of Bob Marley, said: “His legacy, music and spirit will never die.” Bunny Wailer, singer and percussionist, born 10 April 1947, died 2 March 2021