{"id":58006,"date":"2025-11-24T12:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/jimmy-cliff-reggae-legend-and-jamaican-icon-dies-at-81\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T12:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:45:15","slug":"jimmy-cliff-reggae-legend-and-jamaican-icon-dies-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/jimmy-cliff-reggae-legend-and-jamaican-icon-dies-at-81\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Cliff, reggae legend and Jamaican icon, dies at 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Reggae music icon Jimmy Cliff, who&#8217;s unique tone, lyricism and breakthrough role on the silver screen helped make the music of his native Jamaica part of popular culture across the globe, has died at the age of 81, his family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRb4cExDAa5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a statement<\/a> shared Monday on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia,&#8221; Latifa Chambers said in a statement posted on Cliff&#8217;s Instagram account. &#8220;I am thankful for his family, friends, fellow artists and coworkers who have shared his journey with him. To all his fans around the world, please know that your support was his strength throughout his whole career \u2026 Jimmy, my darling, may you rest in peace. I will follow your wishes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The couple&#8217;s children Lilty and Aken also signed the statement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/24\/e8696a42-4f20-45b5-84c5-1f9aed2586c0\/thumbnail\/620x392\/8e3d5063d1e35942c9aef79b34193838\/jimmy-clifff-1011148550.jpg#\" alt=\"Bestival Festival 2018 \" height=\"392\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/24\/e8696a42-4f20-45b5-84c5-1f9aed2586c0\/thumbnail\/620x392\/8e3d5063d1e35942c9aef79b34193838\/jimmy-clifff-1011148550.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/24\/e8696a42-4f20-45b5-84c5-1f9aed2586c0\/thumbnail\/1240x784\/60d2482c30f250e76f3560c70948db8a\/jimmy-clifff-1011148550.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Jimmy Cliff performs on stage during Day 3 of Bestival 2018 at Lulworth Estate on August 4, 2018 in Lulworth Camp, England.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                C Brandon\/Redferns<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cliff was one of Jamaican music&#8217;s early international stars, emerging as reggae evolved from the sounds of ska and rocksteady in the 1960s and early 1970s. His starring role in the enduring classic movie &#8220;The Harder They Come,&#8221; an entirely Jamaican production, in 1972 cemented his legacy as not only a musician, but a cultural phenom.<\/p>\n<p>Cliff played an aspiring singer who came up against the harsh realities of a music business run by self-interested producers, at the expense of artists, and the abundant traps for young Jamaicans trying to survive amid an epidemic of violent gang crime that swept the nation. The messages in the movie, just like his music, were timeless.<\/p>\n<p>The title track from &#8220;The Harder They Come,&#8221; along with familiar hits including &#8220;Many Rivers to Cross&#8221; and &#8220;You Can Get It If You Really Want,&#8221; spoke to the struggles of Jamaicans at the time, but they have continued to resonate with audiences around the world since he wrote them.<\/p>\n<p>Cliff, along with other icons such as <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kingsley-ben-adir-bob-marley-musical-biopic-one-love-sunday-morning\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Bob Marley<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/toots-hibbert-reggae-star-has-died-at-77\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Toots Hibbert<\/a><\/span> helped give the music and culture of their relatively small Caribbean nation a global impact that endures today, and far exceeds Jamaica&#8217;s size in terms of population economy.<\/p>\n<p>His animated onstage presence and high-pitched tone were unmistakable. 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