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Jamaica: 27 memorial pages

of people who were born or died here, were laid to rest here, or came from Jamaica

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Portrait of Jimmy Cliff (1944–2025) – memorial page

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Jimmy Cliff

née James Chambers

07/30/1944 – 11/24/2025

81 years

Jamaican musician

Kingston
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MR
Portrait of Max Romeo (1944–2025) – memorial page

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Max Romeo

née Maxwell Livingston Smith

11/22/1944 – 04/11/2025

80 years

Jamaican reggae musician

Saint Andrew Parish
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GR

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George Rhoden

12/13/1926 – 08/24/2024

97 years

Jamaican athletics competitor

United States
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HB
Portrait of Harry Belafonte (1927–2023) – memorial page

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Harry Belafonte

née Harold George Bellanfanti

03/01/1927 – 04/25/2023

96 years

American singer, actor and civil rights activist

New York City
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LP
Portrait of Lee Perry (1936–2021) – memorial page

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Lee Perry

03/20/1936 – 08/29/2021

85 years

Jamaican reggae producer

Lucea
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BW
Portrait of Bunny Wailer (1947–2021) – memorial page

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Bunny Wailer

née Neville O'Riley Livingston

04/10/1947 – 03/02/2021

73 years

Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter and percussionist

Kingston
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LL

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Leslie Laing

02/19/1925 – 02/07/2021

95 years

Jamaican sprinter

Clermont
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LS
Portrait of Luton Shelton (1985–2021) – memorial page

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Luton Shelton

11/11/1985 – 01/22/2021

35 years

Jamaican footballer

Kingston
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ES
Portrait of Edward Seaga (1930–2019) – memorial page

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Edward Seaga

05/28/1930 – 05/28/2019

89 years

5th Prime Minister of Jamaica

Miami
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Family Tree
VB

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Violet Brown

née Violet Mosse

03/10/1900 – 09/15/2017

117 years

Jamaican supercentenarian

Montego Bay
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GM

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Germaine Mason

01/20/1983 – 04/20/2017

34 years

Jamaican-born Olympic high jumper

Jamaica
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PA
Portrait of Peter Abrahams (1919–2017) – memorial page

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Peter Abrahams

03/19/1919 – 01/18/2017

97 years

South African novelist, journalist and political commentator

Saint Andrew Parish
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PB
Portrait of Prince Buster (1938–2016) – memorial page

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Prince Buster

05/24/1938 – 09/08/2016

78 years

Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer

Miami
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Family Tree
PW
Portrait of Patrice Wymore (1926–2014) – memorial page

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Patrice Wymore

12/17/1926 – 03/22/2014

87 years

American actress and singer

Portland Parish
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SH
Portrait of Stuart Hall (1932–2014) – memorial page

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Stuart Hall

02/03/1932 – 02/10/2014

82 years

Jamaican-born British sociologist and cultural theorist

London
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DS

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Don Shirley

01/29/1927 – 04/06/2013

86 years

American-Jamaican jazz pianist and composer

Manhattan
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HD

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Heavy D

05/24/1967 – 11/08/2011

44 years

Jamaican-American rapper and actor

Los Angeles
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GI
Portrait of Gregory Isaacs (1951–2010) – memorial page

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Gregory Isaacs

07/15/1951 – 10/25/2010

59 years

Jamaican singer

London
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HM
Portrait of Herb McKenley (1922–2007) – memorial page

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Herb McKenley

07/10/1922 – 11/26/2007

85 years

Jamaican Sprinter

Kingston
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NS
Portrait of Natasja Saad (1974–2007) – memorial page

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Natasja Saad

10/31/1974 – 06/24/2007

32 years

Danish singer and rapper

Spanish Town
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BW
Portrait of Bob Woolmer (1948–2007) – memorial page

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Bob Woolmer

05/14/1948 – 03/18/2007

58 years

English cricket player

Kingston
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TB
Portrait of Trevor Berbick (1954–2006) – memorial page

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Trevor Berbick

08/01/1954 – 10/28/2006

52 years

Jamaican heavyweight boxer

Port Antonio
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DD
Portrait of Desmond Dekker (1941–2006) – memorial page

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Desmond Dekker

07/16/1941 – 05/25/2006

64 years

Jamaican ska singer-songwriter

Thornton Heath
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LA
Portrait of Laurel Aitken (1927–2005) – memorial page

Memorial

Laurel Aitken

04/22/1927 – 07/17/2005

78 years

Cuban singer

Leicester
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