![]() ![]() It’s believed Rita’s super dense dreadlocks blocked the bullet and minimized the impact. Marley’s manager Don Taylor sustained serious injuries from being shot in the leg. My father got shot in the hand.”Įither by good fortune or poor aim, the bullet aimed at Marley skidded off his chest, lodging in his arm rather Rita although shot in the head while disembarking from a vehicle, survived the hit. “She got a bullet in her head, one inch from the brain, during the time of the assassination attempt. “She got shot in her head,” Ziggy Marley her son said. The gunmen shot Marley and his wife, Rita, in what many suggest was a politically motivated assassination attempt. However, two days before the concert on December 3, 1976, Marley and his band were rehearsing at his home at in the neighborhood of both the governor and prime minister when three armed men made their way onto the property. We all know Bob Marley as the Rastafarian reggaeton lord, the pioneer of dreadlock fashion, attribution of his name to a popular hair style amongst others, but so you know that the popular dreads saved his wife's life.Īt a time Jamaica was in tremor and there was war in the country caused by politics (political chaos per say), To enable a little amount of peace and heal the land, Bib Marley offered to stage a free peace concert dubbed SMILE JAMAICANS to be attended by both supporters of the parties. ![]() She met Bob in the mid 90s when she was still training to be a musician and vocal backup singer and they hit up instantly. Just like her husband she was a musician and member of the vocal group the I Threes, along with Marcia Griffiths and Judy Mowatt, who gained recognition as the backing vocalists for Bob Marley and the Wailers. Yes her dreadlocks actually saved her life.īefore we continue let's write a brief biography on the beloved Rastafarian and reggaeton legend's wife.Īlpharita Constantia " Rita " Marley, OD (néeĪnderson born on 25 July 1946, in Kingston, Jamaica, is a Cuban-born Jamaican singer and the known widow of Bob Marley. However, she had dreadlocks that were so thick, they saved her life. At 8:30 p.m., on December 3, 1976, Bob Marley's wife, Rita, was shot in the head during an attempted assassination on Marley. ![]()
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