58 Facts About Bob Marley

1. Bob Marley will forever be remembered for his powerful musical message.

2. Around this time, Bob Marley was exploring his spiritual side and developing a growing interest in the Rastafarian movement.

3. Under the guidance of Joe Higgs, Bob Marley worked on improving his singing abilities.

4. Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in St Ann Parish, Jamaica.

5. Bob Marley went on to sell more than 20 million records throughout his career, making him the first international superstar to emerge from the so-called Third World.

6. In 2006, the legend of Bob Marley found a permanent home in Brooklyn, New York.

7. Bob Marley came from the poverty and injustice in Jamaica, and that manifested itself in his rebel sound.

8. Bob Marley is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the ninth annual induction dinner.

9. Bob Marley is visibly moved, and particularly humbled, by the presentation.

10. At the beginning of May 1981, Bob Marley left Germany to return to Jamaica but he did not complete that journey; he succumbed to his cancer in a Miami hospital on May 11, 1981.

11. Bob Marley paid a chance visit to the London offices of Island Records and the result was a meeting with label founder Chris Blackwell.

12. In 1971 Bob Marley went to Sweden to collaborate on a film score with American singer Johnny Nash.

13. Bob Marley was born Robert Nesta Marley on February 6, 1945.

14. Bob Marley owned at least one BMW car in his lifetime.

15. Bob Marley died of melanoma, a skin cancer which spread throughout his body.

16. In 1966, Bob Marley, having a hard time making a living as a musician despite a few nationally-popular ska hits, left Jamaica for 10 months to live with his mother in Wilmington, Delaware.

17. Bob Marley has sold more than 75 million albums in the past two decades.

18. Bob Marley surrounded himself with people from the sport, and in the 1970s made the Jamaican international footballer Allan "Skill" Cole his tour manager.

19. Bob Marley had a number of children: three with his wife Rita, two adopted from Rita's previous relationships, and several others with different women.

20. Bob Marley died on 11 May 1981 at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami at the age of 36.

21. Bob Marley was a white Jamaican originally from Sussex, England, whose family claimed Syrian Jewish origins.

22. Bob Marley was a Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist.

23. Bob Marley had at least eight more children with eight different women.

24. In 2001, Bob Marley was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys.

25. Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer and songwriter who created a mix of reggae, rocksteady and ska in his musical compositions.

26. Bob Marley has always kept me going; his lyrics, his music, the positive thinking, so I'm very grateful.

27. Bob Marley was substantially inspired by Marcus Garvey, and had anti-imperialist and pan-Africanist themes in many of his songs, such as "Zimbabwe", "Exodus", "Survival", "Blackman Redemption", and "Redemption Song".

28. Bob Marley told a journalist, "If you want to get to know me, you will have to play football against me and the Wailers.

29. Bob Marley surrounded himself with people from the sport, and in the 1970s made the Jamaican international footballer Allan "Skill" Cole his tour manager.

30. Bob Marley became an ardent proponent of Rastafari, taking its music out of the socially deprived areas of Jamaica and onto the international music scene.

31. Bob Marley was replaced by Jonathan Demme, who dropped out due to creative differences with producer Steve Bing during the beginning of editing.

32. Bob Marley is part of the collective consciousness of the nation.

33. Bob Marley was an experience which left an indelible imprint with each encounter.

34. Bob Marley was buried in a chapel near his birthplace with his guitar.

35. In 1975, Bob Marley had his international breakthrough with his first hit outside Jamaica, "No Woman, No Cry", from the Natty Dread album.

36. Bob Marley has become a global symbol and has inspired a significant merchandise industry.

37. Bob Marley is credited with popularising reggae music around the world and served as a symbol of Jamaican culture and identity.

38. Bob Marley was a committed Rastafari who infused his music with a sense of spirituality.

39. Bob Marley died on 11 May 1981 in Miami at age 36 of melanoma.

40. Bob Marley is a Jamaican musician, singer—song writer and belongs to the religion Rastafarian.

41. Bob Marley played a concern at Bohemian FC's Dalymount Park ground in Dublin shortly before his death.

42. Bob Marley played at Bohs' Dalymount Park shortly before his death, an event commemorated by a mural at the ground.

43. Bob Marley began to use cannabis when he converted to the Rastafari faith from Catholicism in 1966.

44. Bob Marley held that independence of African countries from European domination was a victory for all those in the African diaspora.

45. Bob Marley was a Pan-Africanist and believed in the unity of African people worldwide.

46. Bob Marley had many children: four with his wife Rita, two adopted from Rita's previous relationships, and several others with different women.

47. Bob Marley was a member for some years of the Rastafari movement, whose culture was a key element in the development of reggae.

48. In 2008, a statue of Bob Marley was inaugurated in Banatski Sokolac, Serbia.

49. Bob Marley received a state funeral in Jamaica on 21 May 1981, which combined elements of Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Rastafari tradition.

50. Bob Marley died on 11 May 1981 at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami, aged 36.

51. In July 1977, Bob Marley was found to have a type of malignant melanoma under the nail of a toe.

52. In 1978, Bob Marley returned to Jamaica and performed at another political concert, the One Love Peace Concert, again in an effort to calm warring parties.

53. When asked why, Bob Marley responded, "The people who are trying to make this world worse aren't taking a day off.

54. Bob Marley received minor wounds in the chest and arm.

55. Bob Marley travelled to London to supervise Blackwell's overdubbing of the album which included tempering the mix from the bass-heavy sound of Jamaican music and omitting two tracks.

56. Bob Marley left Nine Mile with his mother when he was 12 and moved to Trenchtown, Kingston.

57. Bob Marley attended Stepney Primary and Junior High School which serves the catchment area of Saint Ann.

58. Bob Marley has evolved into a global symbol and has inspired a significant merchandise industry.