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Jamaican reggae legend Bunny Wailer has died.<\/p>

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Wailer passed away this morning at the Medical Associates Hospital in St Andrew.<\/p>\n

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He was 73.<\/p>

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Bunny, whose real name is Neville O\u2019Riley Livingston, was the last living member of the reggae group, The Wailers, which comprised Bob Marley and Peter Tosh.<\/p>

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Jamaican reggae legend Bunny Wailer has died. Wailer passed away this morning at the Medical Associates Hospital in St Andrew. He was 73. 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