The last surviving founding member of the Wailers, Bunny has died aged 73.
Wailer, whose birth name is Neville Livingston, formed The Wailers in 1963 with late superstars Bob Marley and Peter Tosh when they lived in a slum in the capital of Kingston.
They rose to fame with the album “Catch a Fire” and also helped popularize Rastafarian culture from the 1970’s.
He had been hospitalized since December last year.
No cause of death was given.
Wailer died at Andrews Memorial Hospital in the Jamaican parish of St. Andrew of complications from a stroke he suffered in July, last year and another in 2018.
His death was mourned worldwide as people shared music, memories and pictures of the renowned artist.
He was the third and last original Wailer. Marley died in 1981 of a brain tumor at 36 years old and Tosh was fatally shot in Jamaica in 1987 at 42 years old.
