Pioneering reggae artist Bob Marley would have been celebrating ... a day since the turn of the century. Unfortunately, Marley fell ill and died on May 11, 1981, at the age of 36 at the peak ...

Less than a year later, on May 11, 1981, Bob Marley died of complications related to melanoma. He would have turned 80 on February 6, 2025. Marley brought reggae and its messages to the world.