Bunny Wailer Hospitalised, Wife Jean Watt Still Missing

Reggae icon Bunny Wailer has been hospitalised due to complications related to a stroke he suffered in October 2018.

Wailer’s family confirmed that the 73-year-old was admitted to a Kingston facility last Monday. His manger, Maxine Stowe told The Gleaner, “He will be released once he’s stabilised, which includes some amount of rehab.”

Following Bunny Wailer’s stroke in 2018 which affected the right side of his body, he traveled to Cuba for treatment and has continued his rehabilitation in Jamaica.

Bunny Wailer, whose given name is Neville O’Riley Livingston, OM, formed The Wailers along with Reggae legends Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. He was last seen on stage in February when he accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jamaica Reggae Industry Association.

“Jah B [also] continues to be affected by the ambiguous loss of his life partner, Jean Watt, as the desperate search for her continues,” Stowe also said in a press statement.

Watt, also known as Sister Jean is Bunny Wailer’s partner of 50 years. The 70-year-old woman has been missing since Saturday, May 23 of this year.

Her description was given indicating that she has dreadlocks, is about five feet three inches tall, and was last seen wearing a black top, brown bottom, and sandals in Washington Gardens, St. The family has issued a reward for information since that time and has continued to reach out to the public via social media in the hope that their matriarch would be found.

The family has hired a private investigator who has successfully checked all hospitals, old age homes, police stations, and morgues. This he added has given the family some hope that she is alive and unhurt. He said that the private investigator believes that she may be in the care of someone.

Stowe said that the Livingston and Watt families continue to search for her.

“[Bunny Wailer] has battened down and overcome many sentences in his personal and creative life, and we hope that his unique spiritual, creative, and personal contribution to humanity stands predominant in these choppy waters,” Stowe added.