Late reggae icon Toots Hibbert will be laid to rest in his birth place in May Pen, Clarendon.
Gospel singer and daughter of the legendary singer, Jenieve Bailey, shared the news in a statement released by the family on Monday. “We, as a family, have decided that our father will be buried in his hometown in May Pen,” she said.
Toots Hibbert is originally from the Treadlight district in May Pen. The Reggae pioneer became an orphan during the early years of his life after both his parents passed. Being the youngest of his siblings, he was eventually relocated to Trenchtown in Kingston to live with his brother.
The 77-year-old icon, real name Frederick Hibbert, passed away on Friday (September 11) at the University Hospital of the West Indies.
Toots had been in a medically-induced coma at the Tony Thwaites Wing of the UHWI and was also on a ventilator after he developed “breathing problems.” He was awaiting a COVID-19 test result.
Toots Hibbert was the frontman of the groundbreaking reggae and ska group Toots and the Maytals, which for almost six decades has been among the most prominent groups in reggae.
Toots and the Maytals won the Reggae Grammy Award in 2005 for the album ‘True Love’. He is best known for songs such as ‘Bam, Bam’, ‘Pomps and Pride’, ‘Sweet and Dandy’, and ’54-46 (That’s My Number’).
