I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
– No Woman No Cry, Bob Marley & the Wailers

Bob Marley moved to the government-owned Trench Town housing projects in the late 1950s and lived there through his teenage years.

Officially, a man named Vincent Ford, who ran a soup kitchen in Trench Town, wrote No Woman No Cry along with several other Bob Marley songs during this time. It is widely assumed though that Bob Marley did in fact write these songs but listed Ford as the songwriter in order to avoid a contract with Cayman Music and also so that the ongoing royalty checks could support Ford's soup kitchen.

Today Trench Town hosts a museum dedicated to those musicians and notable figures (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, etc.) who once lived in the neighborhood known as the Hollywood of Jamaica.

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The Lyceum Theatre is a 2,000 seat venue in the West End (Strand/Westminster) of London. A theater has been on these grounds since 1765, with the current building's façade and grand portico dating back to 1834.

Madame Tussaud's first London exhibition of waxwork creations was held here in 1802.

On July 18 and 19, 1975, Bob Marley and the Wailers recorded their performances for the album Live!. Today, the Lyceum has been the home to the Disney musical production of The Lion King since September of 1999.

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Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945 in the Nine Mile area of St. Ann's Parish, Jamaica.

He died in Miami, Florida on the morning of May 11, 1981, at the age of 36.

Bob Marley is buried in a chapel near his birthplace in the Nine Mile area of St. Ann's Parish, Jamaica, with his red Gibson Les Paul (some accounts say it is a Fender Stratocaster).

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After seeking an unorthodox cancer treatment in Germany for eight months, Bob Marley was returning to Jamaica when his flight stopped in Miami.

He was taken to the hospital for immediate medical attention. He died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami (now University of Miami Hospital) on the morning of May 11, 1981, at the age of 36. The cancer had spread to his lungs and brain.

His final words to his son Ziggy were:
"Money can't buy life".

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In 2008, the small hamlet of Banatski Sokolac in northeastern Serbia dedicated a statue to Bob Marley.

"We are honoured to announce that the first monument in Europe of the reggae legend Bob Marley will be erected in Banatski Sokolac," said the Internet site of the Rock Village festival.

The dedicators continued the August 23, 2008 statement by stating:
"Our village thus enters into history and supporters and all those who respect this 'liberty fighter armed with a guitar' can take part in the unveiling ceremony."

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