Reggae singer Frankie Paul is dead
Jamaican Reggae artiste Frankie Paul died at the University Hospital
of West Indies (UHWI) last night.Paul was born in 1965. He was 52 years
old.
According to his sister, Trish Clarke, he died shortly after
10:00 pm. He had been suffering from kidney problems and was on dialysis
two days per week.
Friends, including dancehall artiste/producer
Wayne Lonesome were assisting him in meeting a huge hospital bill of
some $1.5 million when he died. He had been admitted to the hospital
since April. Paul, who had moved to the African nation, The Gambia in
1994, was a major dancehall/reggae star of the 1980s and 1990s with hits
like "Worries In the Dance", "Pass the Ku Shung Peng", "Tidal Wave",
"Cassanova" and "Sarah".
Born in Jamaica in 1965, Paul, whose real
name was Paul Blake, was blind from birth and spent his early life at
the Salvation Army School for the Blind. While there he met American RnB
singer Stevie Wonder, who was in Kingston for a show at the National
Stadium in the 1970s. Wonder urged him to become a professional singer.
Like Wonder, Paul also played a number of instruments including the
keyboard.
"He will be sadly missed by us, his friends, his
colleagues in the music business, his faimily and thousands of fans
around the world who loved his music," Lonesome told the OBSERVER ONLINE
this morning.
Source: Jamaicaobserver.com
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