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Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies, aged 81

Jimmy Cliff, one of the most prominent and beloved proponents of reggae music, has died at the age of 81.

A star since the 1960s, he helped to bring the sound of Jamaica to a global audience through hits such as Wonderful World, Beautiful People and You Can Get It If You Really Want.

His lead role as a gun-toting rebel in the 1972 crime drama The Harder They Come is a cornerstone of Jamaican cinema, and was attributed as the movie that brought reggae to America.

Cliff's wife, Latifa Chambers, announced his death via a statement on Instagram.

"It's with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia," she wrote.

Jimmy Cliff, reggae music pioneer, dies at 81

Jamaican musician Jimmy Cliff has died at the age of 81. (Reuters: Youssef Boudlal)

Jimmy Cliff, the legendary Jamaican singer who along with Bob Marley popularised reggae, ska and rocksteady music over a six decade career, has died.

His wife Latifa Chambers announced his death on Facebook on Monday, saying the cause was a seizure followed by pneumonia.

Born James Chambers on July 30, 1944 during a hurricane in St James Parish, northwestern Jamaica, he moved in the 1950s from the family farm to the country's capital Kingston with his father, determined to succeed in the music industry.

At just 14, he became nationally famous for the song Hurricane Hattie, which he wrote.

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae star and actor, dead at 81

Jimmy Cliff, a Grammy award-winning Jamaican reggae star and actor, is dead at 81, according to his family.

"It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia," Latifa Chambers, Cliff's wife, said in a post on his official Instagram account.  

Cliff's award-winning career as a musician spanned decades and included some of reggae's most memorable hits, including "Many Rivers to Cross."

That and two other hits — "You Can Get It If You Really Want" and "The Harder They Come" — were standouts on the official soundtrack for a 1972 film, also titled "The Harder They Come," that featured Cliff as its star. He played a young reggae star who's drawn into what's portrayed as the often-seedy world of music production in Jamaica.

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