Reggae Pioneer Stranger Cole Dead At 83
Jamaican singer Stranger Cole, a pivotal figure in the 1960s ska and rocksteady movements, has died at 83. The Jamaica Observer reports he passed away Thursday at Kingston's University Hospital Of The West Indies.
Stranger Cole, the Jamaican singer who was a big part of the ska and rocksteady boom in the '60s, has passed away. Jamaica Observer reports that Cole died at Kingston's University Hospital Of The West Indies on Thursday. Cole's son Wilburn "Squiddly" Cole says that his father was admitted to the hospital two weeks ago after a long illness, but he didn't reveal the cause of Cole's death. Cole was 83.
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