Overview
- His wife, Latifa Chambers, announced his death on the musician’s official social accounts on Nov. 24 and thanked fans for their support.
- The family statement attributed the cause to a seizure followed by pneumonia, with no further medical details disclosed.
- Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness praised him as a cultural giant whose music carried the nation’s heart to the world.
- Cliff propelled reggae onto the global stage with songs like You Can Get It If You Really Want and Many Rivers to Cross and through the 1972 film The Harder They Come.
- Across a decades-long career he won two Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.