Person    | Male  Born 19/10/1944  Died 11/9/1987

Peter Tosh

Categories: Music / songs

Countries: Caribbean Islands

Musician (and unicyclist). Born Winston Hubert McIntosh in Westmoreland, Jamaica. He founded the Wailers with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer in 1963, and later followed a solo career. He was shot dead in a burglary on his house in Jamaica.

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Peter Tosh

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Basing Street Studios

Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer finished the albums 'Catch a Fire' and '...

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