"She was always quoting him, quoting words from his songs," he said.īooker is survived by two children and several grandchildren, including Ziggy Marley, who won four Grammys with the Melody Makers, a band that included brother Stephen and sisters Sharon and Cedella.įuneral arrangements have not been announced. Her admiration for her son was evident, Lalah said. "She was a typical Jamaican grandmother," he said. Robert Lalah, a columnist for the Jamaica Gleaner, interviewed Booker in February while she celebrated her son's birthday. "Mama would make you the best pudding ever." Ann's parish knew Booker as "Mama B," said Harry Shivnani, a family friend and general manager of Bob Marley's mausoleum. Cedella marley booker, mother of late reggae icon bob marley, died tuesday night at her south cedella booker cause of death florida home after a long illness.
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"Her life was one of hardship, struggle and eventual fulfillment, and through it all, she exuded hope, strength and confidence."Įveryone in St. "She was a star in her own right," Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding said in a statement. She wrote two biographies of her famous son and recorded two albums, "Awake Zion!" and "Smilin' Island of Song." Booker was the matriarch of a movement so powerful that the mystical qualities of the Marley musical legacy remain strong and potent," Jamaica Information Minister Olivia Grange said.Īfter Norval Marley died in 1955, Booker married an American man and settled in Delaware.
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Known as The Keeper of the Flame, Booker was a singer, writer, and the mother of Bob Marley. Bob Marley died in Miami of a brain tumor in 1981 at age 36. Cedella Booker (born July 23, 1926) is famous for being reggae singer. Their son brought Jamaican reggae music to international prominence, becoming its international image. She was 81.īooker died in her sleep Tuesday night at her home in Miami, apparently from natural causes, spokesman Jerome Hamilton said.īooker, a Jamaica native, was 18 when she married Norval Marley, a British man 32 years her senior. ObituaryKINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Cedella Booker, the mother of Jamaican music legend Bob Marley, has died, a family spokesman said Wednesday.