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":
“ Rasta no abide amputation. I don't allow a man to be dismantled. ”
—From the biography Catch a Fire
Marley may have seen medical doctors as samfai (tricksters, deceivers). 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 a will is acknowledging death as inevitable, thus disregarding the everlasting character of life.
[edit] Collapse and treatment
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.
2007-07-02 03:22:19
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answered by Hammbone 3
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July 1977 Marley was found to have malignant melanoma in a football wound on his right halux , big toe.
He refused amputation cause was worried the operation would affect his dancing and as his religion that the body has to be whole.
The cancer than spread to others parts of the body.
In one of the concerts of his tour 1980 he collapsed.
While flying home from Germany to Jamaica for his final days
he became ill.
He landed in Miami.
He died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami Florida on the morning of 11 May 1981 at the age of 36
Hope i helped!
2007-07-02 03:29:51
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answered by posh 3
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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":
2007-07-02 03:21:44
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answered by McLovin 1
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He died due to Cancer at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami, Florida on the morning of May 11, 1981 at the age of 36.
2007-07-02 03:21:34
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answered by ShaaaM 3
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No, but it was cancer of about everything else. Skin. Stomach. Brain. Liver. He had it all. Poor guy.
2007-07-02 03:20:36
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answered by Mr. Taco 7
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his heart stopped beating
2007-07-02 03:20:15
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