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    Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945 in Jamaica. He moved to Kingston in the 1950s where he met Neville Livingston and they formed a band called "The Wailing Wailers". Their music was influenced by American artists like Ray Charles. The Wailing Wailers found international success with hits like "I Shot the Sheriff" and "No Woman, No Cry". Bob Marley promoted messages of peace and equality through his music but also faced challenges like being shot by gunmen and later dying of cancer in 1981 at age 36.

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    Bob Marley

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    Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945 in Jamaica. He moved to Kingston in the 1950s where he met Neville Livingston and they formed a band called "The Wailing Wailers". Their music was influenced by American artists like Ray Charles. The Wailing Wailers found international success with hits like "I Shot the Sheriff" and "No Woman, No Cry". Bob Marley promoted messages of peace and equality through his music but also faced challenges like being shot by gunmen and later dying of cancer in 1981 at age 36.

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    Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945 in Jamaica. He moved to Kingston in the 1950s where he met Neville Livingston and they formed a band called "The Wailing Wailers". Their music was influenced by American artists like Ray Charles. The Wailing Wailers found international success with hits like "I Shot the Sheriff" and "No Woman, No Cry". Bob Marley promoted messages of peace and equality through his music but also faced challenges like being shot by gunmen and later dying of cancer in 1981 at age 36.

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    Bob Marley

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    Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945 in Jamaica. He moved to Kingston in the 1950s where he met Neville Livingston and they formed a band called "The Wailing Wailers". Their music was influenced by American artists like Ray Charles. The Wailing Wailers found international success with hits like "I Shot the Sheriff" and "No Woman, No Cry". Bob Marley promoted messages of peace and equality through his music but also faced challenges like being shot by gunmen and later dying of cancer in 1981 at age 36.

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    Bob Marley

    Read this biography of Bob Marley, and fill in the blanks with the right word. Each word should only be used once. internationally financial auditioned friends woman 1950s mother born cancer Kingston sheriff married one Ray Charles shot hits

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    The Wailing Wailers

    Robert Nesta Marley was ______ on February 6, 1945. His __________ was an eighteenyear-old black girl called Cedella Booker while his father was Captain Norval Marley, a 50-year-old white man attached to the British West Indian Regiment. Although he provided _______________ support, Norval Marley seldom saw his son, who grew up in the country. For country people in Jamaica, the capital _____________ was the land of opportunity. Bob Marley, moved to Kingston in the late ______. He made _________ with Neville O'Riley Livingston, known as Bunny. The pair loved the music of _____ ___________, Fats Domino, and The Drifters. When Bob left school his one ______________ was music. Although he took a job in a welding shop, Bob spent all his free time with Bunny, taking __________ lessons. In 1962 Bob Marley _________________ for a local music manager. He released his first record: "Judge Not". In 1963, he linked up with friends to form _____ __________ ___________. At the end of the year they released a single, "Simmer Down". In January, it reached number ______ in the Jamaican charts. On February 10, 1966, Bob ___________ Rita Anderson, and they lived briefly in ____________. In 1967 Bob's music reflected his new _______________________ beliefs, covering spiritual and social issues. His group changed its name to The Wailers. Reggae had never before been ______________________ popular, yet Bob Marley and The Wailers found themselves on the same level their rock band contemporaries, touring Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa, and having big ______ in many countries across the globe. The Wailers hits included I shot the __________ (covered by many other artists), No ________, No Cry and Could you be loved. As well as writing music, Bob Marley was a campaigner for peace and equality. Being a political spokesman was not always easy, and one night Marley was _______ by gunmen who broke into his house. Bob Marley battled with ___________ for eight months, but eventually died in a Miami hospital on Monday May 11, 1981. Adapted from http://www.bobmarley.com/life/story/ If you finish this work before the end of the lesson, ask your teacher for some plain paper. Design a reggae information leaflet for others of your age groups, using some of the facts on these worksheets.

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