Bob Marley died from cancer at age 36 in May 1981. On 21 May 1981, Jamaica held a state funeral to honor the reggae singer and songwriter. Thousands gathered in Kingston for the ceremony before he was buried in Nine Mile, the village where he was born. A red Gibson Les Paul guitar and a Bible opened to Psalm 23 were placed in his coffin.
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