Bob Marley's grandson dies: Jamaican-American reggae artist Joseph Mersa Marley is found dead - Daily Mail

Jamaican-American reggae creator Joseph Mersa Marley is dormant astatine the property of 31. 

The instrumentalist was recovered unresponsive successful a conveyance successful the United States connected Tuesday, according to the streaming service TIDAL.

The creator - who went by his signifier sanction Jo Mersa - reportedly had suffered from asthma his full beingness and the Florida vigor presumption WZPP claimed helium had died of an asthma attack.

He is the grandson of iconic reggae instrumentalist Bob Marley and the lad of Stephen Marley. 

Bob tragically died of crab successful 1981 astatine the property of 36, but helium is wide considered 1 of the pioneers of reggae music. The precocious prima had 11 children with 7 antithetic partners.

DailyMail.com has reached retired to Joseph's representatives for comment.

Marley spent his aboriginal years successful Jamaica, wherever helium attended Saints Peter and Paul Preparatory School. He past moved to Florida wherever helium was a pupil astatine Palmetto High School. When astatine Miami Dade College helium studied workplace engineering.

In 2014 helium released the EP called Comfortable and successful 2021 helium came retired with Eternal. 

There is simply a caller movie astir Bob Marley successful the works. 

Kingsley Ben-Adir is acceptable to represent the legendary vocalist successful the movie, which volition beryllium helmed by King Richard manager Reinaldo Marcus Green and produced by Rita and her and Bob's lad Ziggy, and girl Cedella Marley.

Rita and the Marley household are said to person fixed their blessing to Lynch being formed successful the film. 

Lashana Lynch volition play Bob Marley's woman successful a caller biopic.

The No Time To Die prima - who portrayed MI6 cause Nomi successful the James Bond question representation - is said to beryllium successful enactment to instrumentality connected the relation of Rita Marley successful the as-yet untitled movie for Paramount.

Sources told Deadline successful August that determination was a lengthy hunt to find the close histrion for the part, and movie bosses were keen to find idiosyncratic with Jamaican descent. While Lynch was calved successful London, her household is from Jamaica.

Bob tragically died of crab successful 1981 astatine the property of 36, but helium is wide considered 1 of the pioneers of reggae music.

The precocious prima had 11 children with 7 antithetic partners, and Ziggy, 51, antecedently admitted his parent Rita, 76, Bob's widow, treated them each similar her own.

He said: 'Some radical didn't o.k. of Bob seeing different women portion helium was joined to my mother, but I didn't cognize excessively overmuch astir it, truthful it ne'er bothered me. I cognize that my parent didn't similar it, but she wasn't the benignant of idiosyncratic to beryllium vindictive oregon jealous.

'As acold arsenic she was concerned, Damian [whose parent is Cindy Breakspeare, a erstwhile Miss World] was Bob's kid and each of Bob's children were her children too.'

While Bob was known arsenic the king of chill, Ziggy antecedently admitted his begetter could beryllium a pugnacious genitor due to the fact that helium was alert of the 'danger' of beingness successful Jamaica.

He said: 'Growing up successful Jamaica successful the 1970s could beryllium dangerous. There were guns everywhere. But arsenic a kid the information felt exciting. Every time was an adventure. I did not recognize the seriousness of the situation.

'There were times erstwhile my begetter would archer maine not to play connected the thoroughfare due to the fact that helium wanted to support maine safe. If I disobeyed him, helium would springiness maine a spanking.

'People deliberation Bob was laid backmost astir everything, but helium was pugnacious erstwhile it came to discipline.

'That is simply a accepted benignant of Caribbean parenting - old-school. Kids turn up precise otherwise today.'