Sidilla Editha "Cedella" Booker was a Jamaican singer and writer.
12 Facts About Cedella Booker
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Cedella Booker was the mother of reggae musician Bob Marley.
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At 18, Cedella Booker Malcolm married 59 year old Norval Sinclair Marley, a white Jamaican of English and rumored Syrian Jewish descent, whose father's family came from England; the family of his mother, Ellen Marley, came from the Levant.
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Cedella Booker became pregnant with his son, Robert Nesta.
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Cedella Booker's family applied constant pressure and although he provided financial support for them, the Captain seldom saw his wife and son.
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Cedella Booker then married Edward Booker, an American civil servant, and resided first in Delaware, where she gave birth to two more sons, Richard and Anthony, with Booker.
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Cedella Booker lived in Miami for the remainder of her life.
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Cedella Booker is survived by her son Richard Booker and his children Princess Booker, Crystal Booker and Zaya Booker.
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In 1993, Cedella Booker conceived and created what is today called the 9 Mile Music Festival, an annual music event held every year since in Miami to help keep alive Bob Marley's message of peace, love, and unity.
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Cedella Booker participated in the festivities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, commemorating Marley's 60th birthday in 2005.
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Cedella Booker died in her sleep from natural causes in Miami on April 8,2008; she was 81.
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Cedella Booker wrote two books on the subject of her son, Bob Marley.