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Cedella Booker

Reggae Singer

Birthday July 23, 1926

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Jamaica

DEATH DATE Apr 8, 2008 (81)

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About

Known as The Keeper of the Flame, Booker was a singer, writer, and the mother of Bob Marley.

Before Fame

She was born in Jamaica and later lived in both Delaware and Florida after getting married at a young age.

Trivia

Her parents' house was torn down and replaced by the Bob Marley Foundation building.

Family Life

She married Norval Sinclair Marley when she was eighteen years-old and together they had a son named Bob. After Norval's passing, she had a daughter, Pearl, with Taddeus Livingston.

Associated With

She was the mother of Bob Marley.