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  • University of Miami Hospital, Miami, U.S.
    Monday May 11, 1981
    Bob Marley

    Death

    University of Miami Hospital, Miami, U.S.
    Monday May 11, 1981

    Marley died on 11 May 1981 at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami (now University of Miami Hospital), aged 36. The spread of melanoma to his lungs and brain caused his death. His final words to his son Ziggy were "Money can't buy life."




  • Vatican City
    Wednesday May 13, 1981
    Pope John Paul II

    Unsuccessful Assassination

    Vatican City
    Wednesday May 13, 1981

    As he entered St. Peter's Square to address an audience on 13 May 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and critically wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca, an expert Turkish gunman who was a member of the militant fascist group Grey Wolves.




  • Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Wednesday May 13, 1981
    Greyfriars Bobby

    Red granite monument

    Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Wednesday May 13, 1981

    A red granite monument was erected close to Bobby's grave by The Dog Aid Society of Scotland and unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester on 13 May 1981.




  • U.S.
    May, 1981
    Russell Bufalino

    Conspiring to kill the witness

    U.S.
    May, 1981

    Bufalino was released in May 1981, but was indicted again, this time for conspiring to kill the witness, Napoli. The main prosecution witness, Jimmy Fratianno, said that he and Michael Rizzitello had been asked by Bufalino to kill Napoli in 1976.




  • Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica
    Thursday May 21, 1981
    Bob Marley

    State Funeral

    Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica
    Thursday May 21, 1981

    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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