Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff passes away at 81
The singer's wife indicated via Instagram that the death was due to pneumonia.
Jimmy Cliff, during a performance
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, whose music helped transform the Jamaican island's sound into a global phenomenon, has died at 81, his wife said Monday in a social media post.
"It is with deep sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, passed away due to a seizure followed by pneumonia," his wife Latifa Chambers said on Instagram, where she thanked family, "friends, fellow artists and colleagues who have shared his journey with him."
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