NEW YORK — Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” ...

Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff is dead at 81, his family announced Monday. “It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The drummer half of the influential duo Sly & Robbie, Sly Dunbar, shown around 2000, helped shape modern reggae for decades. He ...

Jimmy Cliff, who is best known for his role in popularizing reggae music internationally through his hit songs “The Harder They Come” and “I Can See Clearly Now,” has died. He was 81. The cause was a ...

Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” and ...

new video loaded: Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican Reggae Icon, Is Dead transcript Music is like air that we breathe. And once it’s there, everybody breathes it. The industry, to me, is the first time I came out ...

Sly Dunbar, one-half of legendary duo Sly & Robbie, who helped launch several careers via Taxi Records and is widely considered among the most influential drummers in the history of reggae, has died.

The drummer half of the influential duo Sly & Robbie, Sly Dunbar, shown around 2000, helped shape modern reggae for decades. He was a two-time Grammy winner. (Peter Noble / Redferns / Getty Images) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, the Jamaican drummer for the former reggae group Sly & Robbie, has died. He was 73. Dunbar’s wife, Thelma, ...