His mother was an eighteen-year-old black girl called Cedella Booker while his father was Captain Norval Marley, a 50-year-old white quartermaster attached to the British West Indian Regiment.
The couple married in 1944 and Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945. Norval Marley's family, however, applied constant pressure and, although he provided financial support, the Captain seldom saw his son who grew up in the rural surroundings of St. Ann to the north of the island.
BOB MARLEY WOULD HAVE TURNED 62 YEARS OLD TODAY! EVEN THOUGH THE GREAT BOB MARLEY IS NO LONGER WITH US HIS NAME AND MEMORY LIVES ON WITHIN PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. HIS MUSIC CAN STILL BE HEARD, AND HE GATHERS UP NEW FANS EVERY YEAR! RAGGAE AND BOB MARLEY GO HAND IN HAND...THERE JUST WOULDN'T BE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT BOB MARLEY, THE STORYOF HIS LIFE AND LEGACY, YOU CAN READ IT ONLINE AT http://www.bobmarley.com/story/index.jsp?page=1
IT IS A GREAT TRIBUTE TO AN AWESOME MAN THAT I DEARLY LOVE AND RESPECT. HIS MUSIC IS ONE OF A KIND...HE WILL ALWAYS BE MISSED!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB MARLEY!!!
THE KING OF RAGGAE MUSIC!!!    
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