How did Bob Marley die?

"Cancer Diagnosis
In July 1977, Marley was found to have malignant melanoma in a football wound on his right hallux (big toe). Marley refused amputation, citing worries that the operation would affect his dancing, as well as the Rastafari belief that the body must be "whole"

“ Rasta no abide amputation. I don't allow a man to be dismantled. ”
—From the biography Catch a Fire


Marley may have seen medical doctors as samfai. True to this belief Marley went against all surgical possibilities and sought out other means that would not break his religious beliefs.


[edit] Collapse and treatment
The cancer spread to Marley's brain, lungs, liver, and stomach following his refusal of treatment. After playing two shows at Madison Square Garden as part of his fall 1980 Uprising Tour, he collapsed while jogging in NYC's Central Park. The remainder of the tour was subsequently cancelled.

Bob Marley played his final concert at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 23, 1980. The live version of "Redemption Song" on Songs of Freedom was recorded at this show.[4] Marley afterwards sought medical help from Munich specialist Josef Issels, but his cancer had already progressed to the terminal stage.


[edit] Death and posthumous reputation
While flying home from Germany to Jamaica for his final days, Marley became ill, and landed in Miami for immediate medical attention. He died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami, Florida on the morning of May 11, 1981 at the age of 36. His final words to his son Ziggy were "Money can't buy life".[5] Marley received a state funeral in Jamaica, which combined elements of Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Rastafari. He was buried in a crypt near his birthplace with his Gibson Les Paul, a soccer ball, a marijuana bud, a ring that he wore everyday that was given to him by the Prince Asfa Wossen of Ethiopia(eldest son of H.I.M), and a Bible. A month before his death, he was awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit. Bob Marley's music has continuously grown in popularity in the years since his death, providing a stream of revenue for his estate and affording him a mythical status in 20th century music history. He remains enormously popular and well-known all over the world, particularly so in Africa. Marley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Time magazine chose Bob Marley & The Wailers' Exodus as the greatest album of the 20th century.

In 2001, the same year that Marley won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, a feature-length documentary about his life by Jeremy Marre, Rebel Music, was nominated for the Best Long Form Music Video documentary at the Grammies. It won various other awards. With contributions from Rita, the Wailers, and Marley's lovers and children, it tells much of the story too in his own words.

In Summer 2006, the City of New York renamed a portion of Church Avenue from Ramsen Avenue to East 98th Street in the East Flatbush Section of Brooklyn Bob Marley Blvd. [6]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley#Death_and_posthumous_reputation

all you all are idiots, hearsay is by far the least reliable way to get information... never answer someone exclusively from what some other idiot has told you.

thanks castrate for the proper answer.

I have never heard of someone dying of a pot overdose.. its a fact that its very close to impossible

I heard he died of hiv aids and heroine overdose he got hiv aids his heroine adiction

bob marleys dead!!!

Either Cancer or from complications of his gun shot wounds that happened later on... Like with Andy Warhol.

I honestly can't remember?

I heard he died of an overdoce of MARIJUANA...

he died with a marijuana bud with him lucky

I heard he got ahold of some really bad stuff.

Bob Marley died on May 9,1981.

Bob Marley died on May 9,1981

ALL YALL NIGGAS CRAZY LOLOLOLOLOL I WOUND BE DIED BY NOW IF HE DIED FROM A OVERDOS OF WEED

He lost his battle with melanoma in May of 1981. In 1977, while in England, he stubbed his toe while playing soccer. When he went to the doctor in the following few days, a cancerous lump was found in his toe. He refused to have the cancer removed through amputation, as he thought it would interfere with his dancing and go against his religion. His battle was under control until September 1980, when he collapsed while jogging in New York's Central Park. The cancer had spread to the lungs, liver, and other areas, and he played his final concert on September 23, 1980 at the Tower Theatre (now Stanley Theatre). Marley then sought the medical knowledge and help of German Dr. Josef Issels. His dreadlocks were removed and radiation treatments began shortly after Bob's arrival in Germany. He lost his battle with cancer on May 11, 1981, at the age of 36, and he was honored at his funeral in Kingston, Jamaica, on May 21, 1981, ten days after his death.

well Castrate said the right answer. and for me people that only lov him for smokng soooo much pot and the rasta colors need to stay indoors . bob marleys musics was inspiring and stil is today. it gave joy to the people. and thats what really made him a GREAT fan and i will always be his fan.

I have read that the CIA killed the man.