Another loss for world reggae: Desmond Dekker, the first legend of the Jamaican rhythm, has died!

Reggae legend Desmond Dekker has died of a heart attack, his manager said on Friday, 64-year-old Jamaican Delroy Williams. O, best known for the 1969 hit "Israelites", died at his home in Surrey, close to Londres. Segundo. "É um choque. Acho que jamais vamos superar isso," he said, adding that Dekker paved the way for stars like Bob Marley. "Acredite ou não, Desmond foi a primeira lenda. Quando ele lançou "Israelites", ninguém nunca tinha ouvido falar de Bob Marley - ele abriu o caminho para todos eles". The musician was divorced and leaves a couple of children. Dekker was going to perform at the Respect festival, in Prague, on June 2nd, and on several other dates throughout Europe, during the summer in the northern hemisphere. His last performance was at Universidade Metropolitana in Leeds, northern England, on May 11th. “Ele estava no auge de sua forma e tinha essa grande turnê pela frente, com a qual ele estava animado; e foi isso,” Williams said. “Ele morreu de forma tranqüila, mas ainda assim dói. Eu era seu empresário e seu melhor amigo. Acho que ninguém sabia o quanto éramos próximos – a gente se conhecia há muito tempo. Nem tive a chance de me despedir propriamente,” he added. Dekker was born in 1941 in Kingston, Jamaica, and began his life working as a welder, before becoming a full-time singer. He moved to Grã-Bretanha in the 1970s, before recording the hit "You Can Get If You Really Want", Jimmy Cliff. A's popularity waned in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and Dekker was declared bankrupt in 1984. But a new version of "Israelites", released in 1990 and used in TV commercials, increased the band's popularity. singer.

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