Bob Marley - State Funeral
Time: Thursday May 21, 1981
Place: Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica
Details: Marley received a state funeral in Jamaica on 21 May 1981, which combined elements of Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Rastafari tradition. He was buried in a chapel near his birthplace with his guitar, and the Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga delivered the final funeral eulogy to Marley.
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