Bob marley biography wikipedia
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Bob Marley (comedian)
American comedian (born 1967)
Bob Marley is an American comedian. He has appeared on The David Letterman Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Comedy Central. He can be seen in the film The Boondock Saints.
Personal life
[edit]Marley grew up in Bangor, Maine before moving to Portland, Maine. Marley said his "dad had no idea there was a singer named Bob Marley."[1] He attended the University of Maine at Farmington, where he realized he wanted to pursue comedy as his career.[2]
As his career was taking off, Marley moved to California and lived there for several years, but moved back to Maine in 2005. His third child was born shortly before the family moved back.[3][4]
Career
[edit]Marley's comedic bits are mostly about life in Maine. His first television appearance was on Comedy Central. He also appeared as Detective Greenly in the movie The Boondock Saints, and reprised this role in The Boondock
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Bob Marley
1945-1981
Latest News: Late Singer Is the Subject of the New Biopic Bob Marley: One Love
Reggae icon Bob Marley is the latest musical great to receive a big-screen biopic, with actor Kingsley Ben-Adir portraying the late singer in Bob Marley: One Love. Despite his untimely death at age 36, Marley was hugely influential as a musician, popularizing reggae around the world, and as an advokat for peace. The movie, now in theaters, also stars Lashana Lynch as Marley’s wife, Rita.
Ben-Adir initially felt he wasn’t a fit for the role, as he couldn’t sing or dance. “My question was if [the casting personnel had] been on a worldwide search, and they said yes. And I said maybe they should go on another one,” he quipped to Entertainment Weekly. However, the actor learned to play guitar and sang all the songs during filming, though only some of his vocals were used.
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Listen to a sampling of Ben-Adir’s vocals in the biopic’s trailer:
Who Was Bob Marley?
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Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was an important Jamaicansinger-songwriter and musician in the 1970s and 1980s. He made the style of reggae music very popular all over the world. His music told stories of his home and the Rastafarian religion that he followed. Some songs were about religion and some songs were about politics like Get Up Stand Up.
Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945 in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica to a black teenager, Cedella Booker, and a white man named Norvall Marley. When he was young, his friends gave him the nickname, "Tuff Gong".[2] He started his music career in the 1960s with his group the Wailing Wailers (or simply the Wailers), that he formed with two friends, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. In 1962, Bob Marley and the Wailing Wailers recorded their first two songs called "Judge Not" and "One Cup of Coffee".[2]
Bob married Rita Anderson in 1966 and she joined the group as a back-up