Sly Dunbar, the Jamaican musician and producer who created generations of global hits as one half of production duo Sly and Robbie, has died aged 73.
His wife, Thelma, told Jamaican newspaper the Gleaner that she found him unresponsive yesterday, with doctors later pronouncing him dead.
Other sources close to Dunbar confirmed the news to the Guardian, adding that Dunbar had been unwell for some months.
Among those paying tribute was the British dub and reggae DJ David Rodigan, who called him a “true icon … one of the greatest drummers of all time who played on literally thousands and thousands of recordings”.
Those thousands of sessions were across multiple decades and made with an astonishing range of musical names: stars from the reggae scene such as Black Uhuru, Bunny Wailer and Chaka Demus & Pliers, but also ones from across the pop sphere, from Mick Jagger to Grace Jones, No Doubt and Serge Gainsbourg.
Source: theguardian.com
