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While flying home from Germany to Jamaica for his final days, Bob Marley became ill, and landed in Miami for immediate medical attention.
He died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami, Florida on the morning of May 11, 1981 at the age of 36.
The spread of melanoma to his lungs and brain caused his death.
His final words to his son Ziggy were "Money can't buy life."
Marley received a state funeral in Jamaica on May 21, 1981 which combined elements of Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Rastafari tradition.
He was buried in a chapel near his birthplace with his Gibson Les Paul.
A month before his death, he was awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit.
Marley was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Time magazine chose Bob Marley & The Wailers' Exodus as the greatest album of the 20th century.
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