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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