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Born in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica
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In 1963, Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, and Cherry Smith created a band called "The Teenagers". They later changed to "The Wailers".
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"The Wailers" had a #1 hit in Jamaica - "Simmer Down"
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The US hit album "Rastaman Vibrations" was released.
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Marley died on 11 May 1981? aged 36, at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami of a malignant melanoma.