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Over six months aft Jo Mersa Marley, the grandson of the precocious Bob Marley, passed distant astatine the property of 31, a origin of decease has been confirmed.
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More than six months after Joseph "Jo Mersa" Marley died astatine the property of 31, the origin of his decease has been confirmed.
Jo Mersa—the grandson of Bob Marley and the lad of Stephen Marley—died of "acute asthma exacerbation," per documents from the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's Office and obtained by E! News, portion rhinovirus/enterovirus corruption is listed arsenic a contributory cause. His mode of decease is stated arsenic "natural."
The documents also stated that he was recovered unresponsive successful his car successful a store parking batch connected December 26 and was pronounced dormant aft archetypal responders attempted to execute CPR.
The Medical Examiner's Office besides expressed, per the documents, that the instrumentalist had a past of asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia and had not been taking his asthma medications astatine the clip of his death.
Though his assemblage had nary motion of injury, the study further stated that his lung showed grounds of congestion, hyperexpansion and accrued mucus successful its airwaves and that Jo Mersa had expressed to his parent connected Christmas Day, the time earlier helium died, that "he was feeling ill, ostensibly owed to his asthma."
"An acute asthma exacerbation owed to viral unwellness is simply a communal occurrence and considered a non-allergic event," explained the report. "Additionally, chronic smoking of combustible products specified arsenic baccy oregon marijuana is unsafe successful a idiosyncratic with asthma."
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In effect to the quality of Jo Mersa's passing came an outpouring of tributes to the precocious reggae artist and the bequest helium near behind.
"My heartfelt sympathies to Joseph's friends and associates and to the Reggae euphony fraternity and fans everywhere," Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness wrote successful a Dec. 27 tweet. "His untimely passing astatine the young property of 31y.o. is simply a immense nonaccomplishment to the euphony arsenic we look to the adjacent generation."
Mark J. Golding, who serves arsenic the president of the People's National Party successful Jamaica, besides mourned the "tragic loss."
"A talented young reggae artiste, lad of Stephen Marley & grandson of Bob Marley astatine lone 31 yrs old," Mark wrote on Dec. 27. "The nonaccomplishment of a kid is simply a devastating stroke nary genitor should face, my condolences to Stephen & the full family."
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