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Bob Marley's Funeral

On 21 May 1981 the legendary reggae singer was buried in Jamaica. Hundreds of thousands of people had turned out to pay their respects. His friend and fellow musician Michael Ibo Cooper remembers.

(Photo: Bob Marley. Credit: Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

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Thu 21 May 201507:50GMT
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