#RIP #OTD in 1889 Quaker and English proprietor, tea and coffee trader and founder of Cadbury, John Cadbury died in Birmingham, England, aged 87. Witton Cemetery, Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England
On this day in 1981, singer-songwriter and musician, Bob Marley died from cancer at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami (now University of Miami Hospital) at the age of 36. Born Robert Nesta Marley on 6 February 1945 in the village of Nine Mile in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica.
He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers (1963–1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited with helping spread both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience. His best-known hits include “I Shot the Sheriff”, “No Woman, No Cry”, “Could You Be Loved”, “Stir It Up”, “Jamming”, “Redemption Song”, “One Love” and, together with The Wailers, “Three Little Birds”, as well as the posthumous releases “Buffalo Soldier” and “Iron Lion Zion”. The compilation album Legend (1984), released three years after his death, is reggae’s best-selling album, going ten times Platinum (Diamond) in the U.S. Marley was married once to Rita Constantia Anderson (1966-1981 his death). Marley has evolved into a global symbol, which has been endlessly merchandised through a variety of mediums. 
The Final Footprint – Marley is entombed, either with his Gibson Les Paul or with his red Fender Stratocaster and a stalk of ganja, in the Bob Marley Mausoleum in Nine Mile, Saint Ann, Jamaica. Marley received a state funeral in Jamaica on 21 May 1981, which combined elements of Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Rastafari tradition.
#RIP #OTD in 2010 dancer, stage and film actress, dance instructor, owner and manager, writer, rancher, the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl, Doris Eaton Travis died of an aneurysm in Commerce, Michigan, at the age of 106. Guardian Angel Cemetery in Rochester, Michigan
#RIP #OTD in 2019 actress (The Mod Squad, Twin Peaks), model, singer Peggy Lipton died of colon cancer in Los Angeles, aged 72. Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, California
#RIP #OTD in 2020 comedian, actor (Seinfeld, King of Queens), part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, father of Ben, Jerry Stiller died at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan at the age of 92. Nantucket Jewish Cemetery, Nantucket, Massachusetts
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