Cedella Marley Booker, 81, the mother of late reggae musician Bob Marley, has passed away at her South Florida home on Tuesday. She was known to all as, "Mother Booker." Mother Booker wrote two books about her son and released two albums "Awake Zion" and "Smilin' Island of Song."
Booker was surrounded by loved ones inside her South Miami-Dade home and was ''very happy and very peaceful,'' said daughter-in-law Sharien Booker. ``Her vision was always to bring people together. She was a very loving person, and we know she's happy.''
'Mrs. Booker was the matriarch of a movement so powerful that the mystical qualities of the Marley musical legacy remain strong and potent,'' said Jamaican Information Minister Olivia Grange.
''She was a star in her own right,'' Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding said in a statement. ``Her life was one of hardship, struggle and eventual fulfillment, and through it all, she exuded hope, strength and confidence.''
Born in Jamaica in 1926, Booker was 18 when she married Norval Marley, a 50-year-old British quartermaster. After he died in 1955, she married Edward Booker, moved to Delaware, then relocated to Miami, where she lived for the past 20 years. She was very well loved by the Miami Community.
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CBS 4′S SHOMARI STONE DID AN EXCLUSIVE REPORT ON THE MOTHER OF LATE REGGAE MUSICIAN BOB MARLEY. CEDELLA MARLEY BOOKER PASSED AWAY AT HER SOUTH FLORIDA HOME ON APRIL 8, 2008.
SHOMARI HAS LOOKED BACK AT HER MUSIC-FILLED LIFE AND THE IMPACT SHE HAD ON SOUTH FLORIDA.
YOU CAN WATCH THE STORY BY CLICKING ON THE FOLLOWING INTERNET LINK:
http://cbs4.com/video/?id=53106@wfor.dayport.com
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