How did Bob Marley die, where and when?

Answer 1

Died of Cancer on May 11, 1981 in Miami, Florida.

You can get the full details of his life and death at the link below, rather than clutter the website with his biography.

Answer 2

Only a true Bob Marley fan will know! Right, so he was playing soccer the one day and he broke his toe. He went to the doctor, but the doctor said it had to be amputated, but that is against the Rastafarian Bible law. So he ignored it. After a while it turned into cancer whcih then spread to his head...afterwards killing him.

Long live Bob Marley.

Answer 3

Bob Marley died of cancer at the Cedars of Lebanon hospital in Miami on May 11, 1981.

Answer 4

While flying home from Germany to Jamaica for his final days, Marley became ill, and landed in Miami for immediate medical attention. He died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami, Florida on May 11, 1981. His final words to his son Ziggy were "Money can't buy life" [citation needed]. Marley received a state funeral in Jamaica, which combined elements of Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Rastafari. He was buried in a crypt near his birthplace with his Gibson Les Paul, a soccer ball, a cannabis bud, and a Bible. A month before his death, he was awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit.


He battled Malignant Melanoma, and refused amputation.

Answer 5

He died in Miami on 11th May 1981, ultimately of a brain tumour which was the result of untreated cancer (malignant melanoma - the same form which also killed Eva Cassidy) in his toe (see links): -

The following is a copied extract from Answers.com: -

Battle with cancer
Diagnosis
In July 1977, Marley was found to have a wound on his right big toe, which he thought was from a football (soccer) injury. Urban legends have since told that it was the British television personality Danny Baker who had caused the injury during a celebrity football match. The wound would not completely heal, and his toenail later fell off during a football game. It was then that the correct diagnosis was made. Marley actually had a form of skin cancer, malignant melanoma, which grew under his toenail.

Marley was advised to get his toe amputated, but he refused because of his Rastafarian beliefs that the body must be whole, that to have an amputation would be a sin, that his faith would ensure him living forever regardless of the cancer and because he saw medical doctors as samfai, confidence men who cheat the gullible by pretending to have the power of witchcraft. He also was concerned about the impact the operation would have on his dancing. Still, Marley based this refusal primarily on his Rastafarian beliefs, saying, "Rasta no abide amputation. I don't allow a mon ta be dismantled." (Catch a Fire, Timothy White) He did agree to undergo some minor surgery to try to excise the cancer, which was kept secret from the wider public.

Collapse and treatment
The cancer eventually spread to Marley's brain, lungs, liver, and stomach. He later collapsed while jogging in NYC's Central Park, having recently played two shows at Madison Square Garden as part of his fall 1980 Uprising Tour (the remainder of which was subsequently canceled). Bob Marley played his final concert in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 23 September, 1980; the live version of "Redemption Song" on Songs of Freedom was recorded at this show. Marley sought medical help, and decided to go to Munich in order to receive treatment from cancer specialist Josef Issels, but the cancer had already progressed to the terminal stage.

Death
Marley wanted to spend his final days in Jamaica but he became too ill on the flight home from Germany and the plane was forced to land in Miami so that he could receive immediate medical attention. He died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami, Florida on May 11, 1981. His final words to his son Ziggy were, "Money can't buy life." Bob Marley received the honor of a State funeral in Jamaica. It was a dignified funeral with combined elements of Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Rastafari. He is buried in a crypt at Nine Miles, near his birthplace, with his Gibson guitar, soccer ball, a bud of marijuana and a Bible. A month before his death, he was awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit.

Answer 6

11th May 1981, Bob Marlet died of lung cancer and a brain tumour.
21st May 1981,He was buried with full state honours in St Anne's after an Ethiopian Orthodox Festival funeral was held in Kingston.

Answer 7

He died of cancer, caused by football, (or soccer if you're from the wrong country) he wouldn't have his toe aputated, rastafarian beliefs that you won't be allowed into babylon if you are incomplete.

HE DID NOT die from smoking to much ganja, thats impossible

Answer 8

I believe it was Lung Cancer, not sure where probably in Jamaica and I think it was about 6 years ago.

Answer 9

He died a few years ago, i think it was in Jamaica and i remember he had lung cancer but whether that killed him or a brain tumour as someone suggested i don't know.

Answer 10

who is Bob Marley?