{"id":122293,"date":"2021-01-10T09:31:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T13:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=122293"},"modified":"2021-01-10T09:31:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T13:31:11","slug":"rita-marley-is-not-dead-cedella-marley-shares-video-with-her-mom-to-dispel-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/rita-marley-is-not-dead-cedella-marley-shares-video-with-her-mom-to-dispel-rumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Rita Marley Is Not Dead, Cedella Marley Shares Video With Her Mom To Dispel Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cedella Marley has taken to Facebook to shut down rumors which are being circulated on social media, that her mother Rita Marley, widow of Reggae icon\u00a0Bob Marley<\/a>, is dead.<\/p>

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On Saturday afternoon, she posted a 37-second video on her Facebook page of herself and her 74-year-old mother chilling, with the sounds of Bob Marley\u2019s music emanating in the background.<\/p>\n

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She captioned the video: \u201cJamming wid Rita Marley on this beautiful day.\u00a0 Tune into Bob Marley\u2019s Tuff Gong Radio on SiriusxM for good music and better vibes.\u201d<\/p>

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\u201cGood morning, good morning, good morning.\u00a0 Mummy Say good morning Mummy,\u201d Cedella said before turning the camera to Rita who spoke, although her words were muffled due to her a stroke which she suffered in 2016, which affected the muscles on one side of her face.<\/p>

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\u201cGood morning.\u00a0 I love you,\u201d Rita said, following which Cedella responded: \u201cShe loves you. She loves you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cGive thanks and praise the morning is nice; it\u2019s lovely outside.\u00a0 I hope you are listening to Bob Marley radio on SiriusXM.\u00a0 That\u2019s what\u2019s up.\u00a0 Git it Mom,\u201d she said to her mother who responded: \u201cEverytime\u201d.<\/p>

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This is not the first time that rumors have circulated about the death of the\u00a0One Draw<\/em>\u00a0singer.\u00a0 In 2016 after she suffered a stroke and was hospitalized in the United States, the internet was flooded with stories that she had died.<\/p>\n

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Born Alfarita Constania Anderson on July 25, 1946 to parents Cynthia \u201cBeda\u201d Jarett and Leroy Anderson in Cuba, was adopted by her Aunt Viola a well-respected seamstress after her parents separated, according to theRita Marley foundation\u2019s website.<\/p>

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Rita who lived in Trench Town Kingston and met Bob whilst in her teens and they later got married on February 10, 1966.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She was a member of the backing vocalist trio \u201cI Threes\u201d, who supported the \u201cBob Marley and the Wailers\u201d as back-up singers.<\/p>

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