me and my friend are having an arguent about his death he said that he died from a heroin overdose and i think its because of cancer.. did he do heroin in the first place? i ne´ver thought so.
any ways if anyone could help me with that id apreciate it.
2007-03-11 05:09:49 · 6 answers · asked by c_kobilke 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
He died of cancer. He wasn't a heroin addict.
2007-03-11 05:20:50 · answer #1 · answered by iampatsajak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In July 1977, Marley was found to have malignant melanoma in a football wound on his right hallux (big toe). Marley refused amputation, citing worries that the operation would affect his dancing, as well as the Rastafari belief that the body must be "whole":
Marley may have seen medical doctors as samfai. True to this belief Marley went against all surgical possibilities and sought out other means that would not break his religious beliefs. He also refused to register a will, based on the Rastafari belief that writing one acknowledged death as inevitable and disregarded the everlasting character of life.
The cancer then spread to Marley's brain, lungs, liver, and stomach. After playing two shows at Madison Square Garden as part of his fall 1980 Uprising Tour, he collapsed while jogging in NYC's Central Park. The remainder of the tour was subsequently cancelled.
Bob Marley played his final concert at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 23, 1980. The live version of "Redemption Song" on Songs of Freedom was recorded at this show.[5] Marley afterwards sought medical help from Munich specialist Josef Issels, but his cancer had already progressed to the terminal stage.
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 the morning of May 11, 1981 at the age of 36. His final words to his son Ziggy were "Money can't buy life".[6] 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 marijuana bud, a ring that he wore every day that was given to him by the Prince Asfa Wossen of Ethiopia (eldest son of H.I.M), and a Bible. A month before his death, he was awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit.
2007-03-11 12:27:30 · answer #2 · answered by Lania 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bob Marley died of cancer. He could have lived because the cancer was in his foot, but he refused to amputate because he said it would mess with his "rhythm". His music meant the world to him and he felt as if he couldn't dance while on stage, then it wasn't worth it. He never touched heroin.
2007-03-11 12:28:22 · answer #3 · answered by Brandon K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bob Marley injured his toe and it turned out to be an injury that was not treated correctly. Ended up spreading cancer, could not treat. check the web site:
http://www.bobmarley.com/story/?storypage=7
2007-03-11 12:35:35 · answer #4 · answered by stormzsecret 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the answers are correct, except the reason that he didn't operate on it or amputate it was because it was against his beliefs, his religion was very strict and had certain rules against medicine that wasn't natural.
2007-03-11 14:20:26 · answer #5 · answered by Axel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dad said that the people said of cancer and my dad is from Jamaica so think he sould know.
2007-03-11 14:23:52 · answer #6 · answered by Sasha1234 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋