Peter Tosh

[Ortega]

Today I was talking to someone who'd been to Jamaica recently, and she said that she had visited the grave of Peter Tosh when she went. I had no idea that he'd died, even being the Bob Marley fan that I am, and I looked it up. I didn't find much, except that he had been shot to death. :blink:

Does anyone here know anything more than I do...?

[Rob]

Yeah, Tosh got shot when an old acquaintance tried to rob him. Least that's what I remember.

[j.guevara]

I've heard a couple conspiracy theories, I know Tosh was repeatedly beaten by police ( one time so bad Bob cried in the hospital when he visited him) many believe it was an orchestrated hit.

[Urban Rubble]

Oh, God, it's a long story. Look it up on Google, or get "Catch a Fire" it's Marley's life story.

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Do what UR said, or buy "Honorary Citizen," a collection of Tosh's works.

Interestingly enough, Peter Tosh died on Sept. 11th, 1987.

An old friend whom he had helped out in his transition back to society from prison came to his door with a gun, demanding money. Tosh wasn't exactly a peaceful man himself, nor one to give in easily, and probably told the would-be robber to shove it. And he was shot.

[Hampton]

On September 11, 1987 Peter Tosh was murdered by three intruders. The leader was a man named Dennis 'Leppo' Lobban, a man whom Peter had befriended and tried to help find work after a long jail sentence. The three came in demanding money and when Tosh told them that he did not have any with him they simply shot him. Dennis Lebbo turned himself over to the authorities, and was tried and convicted in the shortest jury deliberation in Jamaican history, eleven minutes. As for the other two assailants, neither were found, although the rumor is that both were gunned down in the streets. Whether this was purely a robbery, or an assassination plot is yet to be determined. Many believe that there were ulterior motives to the killing, citing that nothing was taken from the house. Peter neither resisted, nor did he cause commotion. The government had been trying for years to eliminate Tosh, a feat which was finally accomplished at the hands of his friend. The vampires which had been haunting Peter throughout his life finally caught up with him. In one interview he gave the year that he died he had this to say:"Vampires don't come out and bite your neck anymore. They cause...something destructive to happen that blood will spill and those invisible vampires will get their meals (Boyle, Word, Sound and Power 4)."Peter Tosh was martyred at the age of 43.

Link (http://www.geocities.com/wailingwailers/Ptbiography.htm)

[Rastafari]

What They Will Do

That's what your friends will do
That's what they will do
(Chorus)

They will come with great pretense
To gain your confidence
They'll take you round the bend
And fry you in the end
Chorus

They will look right inna you eyes
And tell you the wickedest lies
Make you promises
But never accomplishes
Chorus

They will dress up inna you clothes
And punch you inna you nose
Dress up inna you shoes
And still carry false news
Chorus

They will know that you in jail
And never try to get you bail
And know that you in trouble
And try to make it double
Chorus

They will steal you only goat
And then them cutting throat
If you ever robbed
Woulda come back for you car




Jah Guide me from my friends, 'cause I know my enemies