Music1 min 18 sec
Music · 1900s
Bob Marley Played a Concert Two Days After Being Shot
Two days before the 1976 Smile Jamaica concert, gunmen attacked Bob Marley's Kingston home and wounded him and several people around him. The motive remains disputed. Marley still appeared before a huge crowd at National Heroes Park. #BobMarley #JamaicaHistory #MusicHistory #PoliticalHistory #WhoCaresHistory
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The strange part—without losing the facts.
Two days before the 1976 Smile Jamaica concert, gunmen attacked Bob Marley's Kingston home and wounded him and several people around him. The motive remains disputed. Marley still appeared before a huge crowd at National Heroes Park. #BobMarley #JamaicaHistory #MusicHistory #PoliticalHistory #WhoCaresHistory
Two days before the 1976 Smile Jamaica concert, gunmen attacked Bob Marley's Kingston home and wounded him and several people around him. The motive remains disputed. Marley still appeared before a huge crowd at National Heroes Park. #BobMarley #JamaicaHistory #MusicHistory #PoliticalHistory #WhoCaresHistory
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