Pepe's Text on Bob Marley

Bob Marley OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, musician, and guitarist who achieved international fame and acclaim. Starting out in 1963 with the group the Wailers, he forged a distinctive songwriting and vocal style that would later resonate with audiences worldwide. The Wailers would go on to release some of the earliest reggae records with producer Lee Scratch Perry. After the Wailers disbanded in 1974,Marley pursued a solo career that culminated in the release of the album Exodus in 1977, which established his worldwide reputation and produced his status as one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, with sales of more than 75 million records


Robert Nesta Marley was born on the farm of his maternal grandfather in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, to Norval Sinclair Marley (1885-1955) and Cedella Booker (1926-2008). Norval Marley was a British-born European-Jamaican from Sussex England, whose family had Syrian Jewish origins. Norval claimed to have been a captain in the Royal Marines, though at the time of his marriage to Cedella Booker, an African-Jamaican then 18 years old, he was employed as a plantation overseer. Though Bob Marley was named Nesta Robert Marley, a Jamaican passport official would later reverse his first and middle names. Norval provided financial support for his wife and child but seldom saw them as he was often away.


Bob Marley died in 1981, officially due to malignant melanoma, a dangerous type of cancer that was found on his toe. It's not quite as simple as it sounds, though.

1.TRUE OR FALSE 

a) The name of Bob Marley's band was "the Exodus"

b) Bob Marley died in 1981.



2. OPEN QUESTIONS

a) Where was he born?

b) Who was Bob Marley?


3. SYNONYMS 

a) Entertainers (1 paragraph)

b) Guitar player (1 paragraph)

c) Spectators (1 paragraph)

d) Hazardous (3 paragraph)