Joseph 'Jo Mersa' Marley, grandson of Bob Marley, dead at 31 - Fox News

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Musician Joseph "Jo Mersa" Marley, the grandson of reggae superstar Bob Marley, is dormant astatine 31.

The Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, confirmed the quality connected his Twitter.

He wrote successful part, "My heartfelt sympathies to Joseph’s friends and associates and to the Reggae euphony fraternity and fans everywhere. His untimely passing astatine the young property of 31y.o. is simply a immense nonaccomplishment to the euphony arsenic we look to the adjacent generation."

"May helium find Eternal Peace arsenic we mourn his nonaccomplishment during this play of goodwill erstwhile we observe with household and friends our emotion for each other."

Joseph "Jo Mersa" Marley was a instrumentalist similar his begetter Stephen and gramps Bob. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)

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While an authoritative origin of decease has yet to beryllium made public, WZPP Radio successful Miami shared that Marley had been recovered successful his car and allegedly passed distant from an asthma attack.

Marley was calved successful Jamaica to Stephen Marley, besides a notable Jamaican musician, but moved to Florida aboriginal successful his life. He attended Miami Dade College and studied workplace engineering.

Per his Instagram, his past show was successful Fort Lauderdale, Florida, connected Nov. 13.

In 2014, Marley released his archetypal EP titled "Comfortable." In 2021 helium released "Eternal."