Bob Marley died of cancer... "Marley wanted to spend his final days in Jamaica but he became too ill on the flight home from
Germany and he was forced to leave the plane 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 Les Paul, a soccer ball, a
cannabis bud, and a
Bible. A month before his death, he was awarded the
Jamaican Order of Merit."
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