One of the son's of the late Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, recently sat down on a new episode of Making Space with Hoda Kotb and opened up about his father's death. Ziggy was 12 years old at the time his father died from malignant melanoma at the age of 36 in 1981, and he'd been with his father for a few days in the intensive care hospital room before it happened.
The 55-year-old musician can still recall the last words the Jamaican reggae singer said to him before passing away, and he shared those words on the show.
"I was, like, peeping through the window," he said. "And he was like, 'Come here.' So, I went in, and he was like, 'Hey … well, young Bob, I have a song for you.' And he said these words: 'On your way up, take me up. On your way down, don’t let me down.'"
Not too long after that day, Ziggy was visiting his grandmother in Miami when he learned of his father's death. "I think I was downstairs and the call came," he explained. "I told you I'm very observant. I listen and I look a lot. Nobody didn't say, 'Oh, your father died.' … Then I saw my sister. I saw her face. I knew."
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Ziggy is one of the people to thank for the film Bob Marley: One Love, which was released in theaters February 14, 2024. Producers include Bob's widow, Rita Marley, along with Ziggy and Cedella Marley.
