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Bob Marley - Two women (back) walk past a statue of late musician Bob Marley in Kingston on February 8, 2009. Marley, who was born in 1945 and died in 1981, remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music and is also credited for helping spread Jamaican music to a worldwide audience. Marley's best known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Exodus", "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, released in 1984, three years after his death, is the best-selling reggae album ever with sales of more than 20 million copies.

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Two women (back) walk past a statue of late musician Bob Marley in Kingston on February 8, 2009. Marley, who was born in 1945 and died in 1981, remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music and is also credited for helping spread Jamaican music to a worldwide audience. Marley's best known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Exodus", "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, released in 1984, three years after his death, is the best-selling reggae album ever with sales of more than 20 million copies.
  • Bob Marley - Picture taken on January 24, 2008 shows German music manager posing with his trophy during the German Entertainment Prize "Diva" awards in Munich. Luefter, music producer, considered as discoverer of Whitney Houston, died at the age of 77 in an accident in Munich on May 7, 2009, police announced on May 8. He had also worked with Bob Marley, Mireille Mathieu and Peter Alexander among others.
  • Bob Marley - A vendor preapres a coconut for a customer in front of a mural of late musician Bob Marley in Kingston on February 8, 2009. Marley, who was born in 1945 and died in 1981, remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music and is also credited for helping spread Jamaican music to a worldwide audience. Marley's best known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Exodus", "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, released in 1984, three years after his death, is the best-selling reggae album ever with sales of more than 20 million copies.
  • Bob Marley - A statue of late musician Bob Marley is pictued in Kingston on February 8, 2009. Marley, who was born in 1945 and died in 1981, remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music and is also credited for helping spread Jamaican music to a worldwide audience. Marley's best known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Exodus", "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, released in 1984, three years after his death, is the best-selling reggae album ever with sales of more than 20 million copies.
  • Bob Marley - Two women (back) walk past a statue of late musician Bob Marley in Kingston on February 8, 2009. Marley, who was born in 1945 and died in 1981, remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music and is also credited for helping spread Jamaican music to a worldwide audience. Marley's best known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Exodus", "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, released in 1984, three years after his death, is the best-selling reggae album ever with sales of more than 20 million copies.
  • Bob Marley - A man walks past a mural of late musician Bob Marley in Kingston on February 8, 2009. Marley, who was born in 1945 and died in 1981, remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music and is also credited for helping spread Jamaican music to a worldwide audience. Marley's best known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Exodus", "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, released in 1984, three years after his death, is the best-selling reggae album ever with sales of more than 20 million copies.
  • Bob Marley - Two women (back) walk past a statue of late musician Bob Marley in Kingston on February 8, 2009. Marley, who was born in 1945 and died in 1981, remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music and is also credited for helping spread Jamaican music to a worldwide audience. Marley's best known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Exodus", "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, released in 1984, three years after his death, is the best-selling reggae album ever with sales of more than 20 million copies.
  • Bob Marley - A vendor pulls his cart in front of a mural of late musician Bob Marley in Kingston on February 8, 2009. Marley, who was born in 1945 and died in 1981, remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music and is also credited for helping spread Jamaican music to a worldwide audience. Marley's best known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Exodus", "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, released in 1984, three years after his death, is the best-selling reggae album ever with sales of more than 20 million copies.
  • Bob Marley - A vendor preapres a coconut for a customer in front of a mural of late musician Bob Marley in Kingston on February 8, 2009. Marley, who was born in 1945 and died in 1981, remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music and is also credited for helping spread Jamaican music to a worldwide audience. Marley's best known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Exodus", "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, released in 1984, three years after his death, is the best-selling reggae album ever with sales of more than 20 million copies.
  • Bob Marley - A vendor preapres a coconut for a customer in front of a mural of late musician Bob Marley in Kingston on February 8, 2009. Marley, who was born in 1945 and died in 1981, remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music and is also credited for helping spread Jamaican music to a worldwide audience. Marley's best known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Exodus", "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, released in 1984, three years after his death, is the best-selling reggae album ever with sales of more than 20 million copies.
  • Bob Marley - A vendor preapres a coconut for a customer in front of a mural of late musician Bob Marley in Kingston on February 8, 2009. Marley, who was born in 1945 and died in 1981, remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music and is also credited for helping spread Jamaican music to a worldwide audience. Marley's best known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Exodus", "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, released in 1984, three years after his death, is the best-selling reggae album ever with sales of more than 20 million copies.
  • Bob Marley - A man pedals past a mural of late musician Bob Marley in Kingston on February 8, 2009. Marley, who was born in 1945 and died in 1981, remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music and is also credited for helping spread Jamaican music to a worldwide audience. Marley's best known hits include "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Exodus", "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, released in 1984, three years after his death, is the best-selling reggae album ever with sales of more than 20 million copies.
  • Bob Marley - People gather after the unveiling of a statue of late Jamaican reggae music legend Bob Marley on early August 24, 2008, in the Serbian village of Banatski Sokolac, some 90 km north-east of Belgrade. The Bob Marley monument was unveiled during the two-day Rock Village festival, launched in Banatski Sokolac in 2005 in a bid to bring the ex-Yugoslav rock elite to a rural stage.
  • Bob Marley - An unidentified music fan reacts after unveiling of a statue of late Jamaican reggae music legend Bob Marley on early August 24, 2008, in the Serbian village of Banatski Sokolac, some 90 km north-east of Belgrade. The Bob Marley monument was unveiled during the two-day Rock Village festival, launched in Banatski Sokolac in 2005 in a bid to bring the ex-Yugoslav rock elite to a rural stage.
  • Bob Marley - Serbian musician Jovan Matic (L) and Croatian veteran rocker Dado Topic unveil a statue of late Jamaican reggae music legend Bob Marley on early August 24, 2008, in the Serbian village of Banatski Sokolac, some 90 km north-east of Belgrade. The Bob Marley monument was unveiled during the two-day Rock Village festival, launched in Banatski Sokolac in 2005 in a bid to bring the ex-Yugoslav rock elite to a rural stage.
  • Bob Marley - People gather after the unveiling of a statue of late Jamaican reggae music legend Bob Marley on early August 24, 2008, in the Serbian village of Banatski Sokolac, some 90 km north-east of Belgrade. The Bob Marley monument was unveiled during the two-day Rock Village festival, launched in Banatski Sokolac in 2005 in a bid to bring the ex-Yugoslav rock elite to a rural stage.
  • Bob Marley - A man (R) welds on the base of a statue of reggae music icon Bob Marley in the village of Banatski Sokolac, 90 kilometers north-east of Belgrade on August 21, 2008. The Serbian village is set to reveal the sculpture next August 23, 2008 and so join other towns in the region already boasting or planning celebs-in-bronze. The Marley statue created by Croatian artist Davor Dukic is to be unveiled during the two-day Rock Village festival, launched in Banatski Sokolac in 2005 in a bid to bring the ex-Yugoslav rock elite to a rural stage.
  • Bob Marley - A man uses an angle grinder on the base of a statue of reggae music icon Bob Marley in the village of Banatski Sokolac, 90 kilometers north-east of Belgrade on August 21, 2008. The Serbian village is set to reveal the sculpture next August 23, 2008 and so join other towns in the region already boasting or planning celebs-in-bronze. The Marley statue created by Croatian artist Davor Dukic is to be unveiled during the two-day Rock Village festival, launched in Banatski Sokolac in 2005 in a bid to bring the ex-Yugoslav rock elite to a rural stage.
  • Bob Marley - A group of men set right a statue of reggae music icon Bob Marley in the village of Banatski Sokolac, 90 kilometers north-east of Belgrade on August 21, 2008. The Serbian village is set to reveal the sculpture next August 23, 2008 and so join other towns in the region already boasting or planning celebs-in-bronze. The Marley statue created by Croatian artist Davor Dukic is to be unveiled during the two-day Rock Village festival, launched in Banatski Sokolac in 2005 in a bid to bring the ex-Yugoslav rock elite to a rural stage.
  • Bob Marley - A group of men mount a statue of reggae music icon Bob Marley in the village of Banatski Sokolac, 90 kilometers north-east of Belgrade on August 21, 2008. The Serbian village is set to reveal the sculpture next August 23, 2008 and so join other towns in the region already boasting or planning celebs-in-bronze. The Marley statue created by Croatian artist Davor Dukic is to be unveiled during the two-day Rock Village festival, launched in Banatski Sokolac in 2005 in a bid to bring the ex-Yugoslav rock elite to a rural stage.
  • Bob Marley - A man unloads a statue of reggae music icon Bob Marley in the village of Banatski Sokolac, 90 kilometers north-east of Belgrade on August 21, 2008. The Serbian village is set to reveal the sculpture next August 23, 2008 and so join other towns in the region already boasting or planning celebs-in-bronze. The Marley statue created by Croatian artist Davor Dukic is to be unveiled during the two-day Rock Village festival, launched in Banatski Sokolac in 2005 in a bid to bring the ex-Yugoslav rock elite to a rural stage.
  • Bob Marley - SUFFOLK, VA - APRIL 29:  Brian Dickson (R) of Severn, North Carolina, and Bob Marley (L) of Williamsburg, Virginia, help to remove electric appliances from Kenny Guzwa's home, destroyed by one of a spate of tornados to touch down Monday, on April 29, 2008 in the Elephant's Fork area of Suffolk, Virginia. Three tornadoes touched down in central and southeastern Virginia, injuring more than 200 people.
  • Bob Marley - A fan of Ivory Coast's  reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly dances with a portrait of Bob Marley, the king of Reggae as he performs during a reconciliation concert held in Treichville, Abidjan 'working district, late 08 December 2007. Fakoly was in exile  in Mali and has built his reputation thanks to his soulful reggae style - a reminder that reggae is still a potent force in Africa.
  • Bob Marley - A disabled boy walks past a mural showing Argentinian revolutionary Che Guevara (L), Jamaican singer Bob Marley (C) and Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam (R) 06 October 2007 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Next October 8th marks the 40th anniversary of Che Guevara's death, executed in the jungle by the Bolivian Army
  • Bob Marley - Jamaican singer Ziggy Marley, the son of legendary reggae singer Bob Marley, performs during a concert at the 23rd annual Stockholm Jazz Festival in Stockholm, Sweden, 20 July 2007
  • Bob Marley - Jamaican singer Ziggy Marley, the son of legendary reggae singer Bob Marley, performs during a concert at the 23rd annual Stockholm Jazz Festival in Stockholm, Sweden, 20 July 2007
  • Bob Marley - Detail of a page from a rare notebook containing set lists of songs and lyrics in Bob Marley's hand, which belongs to Neville Garrick, former art director to Bob Marley and The Wailers, 1974-1981, estimated price of USD 20,000 to 30,000, as part of rock and pop music memorabilia, is displayed by Christie's 21 November 2006 at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York in advance of the 04 December auction.  AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA

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  • Bob Marley - Jason Riedel from Toronto, Canada, tattos a Bob Marley portrait on the leg of Jay Casey, also from Toronto, during the 15th Annual Inkslingers Ball 15 September 2006 in Los Angeles. The Annual Inkslingers Ball celebrates the world of Tattoo and Body Art, with artists from the US, Canada and Japan.  AFP PHOTO/GABRIEL BOUYS

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  • Bob Marley - (FILES) -- An unlocated file photo taken in 1976 shows Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley, who died 11 May 1981 at the age of 36 at Cedars Sinai hospital in Miami following a cancer. Marley, who popularized reggae music around the world, continues to be an inspiration for contemporary artists 25 years after his death.              AFP PHOTO     B/W ONLY
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