Month: September 2020

Toots and the Maytals singer Frederick “Toots” Hibbert died Friday night (September 11) in Kingston, Jamaica, the BBC reports. A statement on the group’s Twitter account confirmed the news, giving no cause of death. He was 77. With the Maytals, Hibbert established himself as a leader in the development of the bright, easygoing sound of reggae in the mid-1960s. He was also credited with popularizing the term through his 1968 song “Do the Reggay.” Hibbert formed the Maytals as a trio with Nathaniel “Jerry” Mathiasin and Henry “Raleigh” Gordon in Kingston in 1962. The group released their debut, The Sensational Maytals, in 1965, quickly finding popularity in Jamaica. They won Jamaica’s National Song Prize in 1966 with Hibbert’s song “Bam Bam.” As the group expanded, they repeated the feat i...

Frederick “Toots” Hibbert, frontman of the pioneering reggae outfit Toots and the Maytals and one of the greatest voices in popular music, died Friday evening at the age of 77. “It is with the heaviest of hearts to announce that Frederick Nathaniel ‘Toots’ Hibbert passed away peacefully tonight, surrounded by his family at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica,” his family said in a statement. “The family and his management team would like to thank the medical teams and professionals for their care and diligence, and ask that you respect their privacy during their time of grief. Mr. Hibbert is survived by his wife of 39 years, Miss D, and his seven of eight children.” A cause of death was not disclosed, but the reggae giant was hospitalized last month after s...

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As Roman Reigns prepares to defend his universal championship against Jey Uso at Clash of Champions, it may have been expected for Reigns to execute the standard heel-style attack on his cousin. Instead, Friday night's SmackDown saw the two men team up to take on Sheamus and King Corbin -- though Reigns was absent for the majority of the match. Reigns, who promised earlier in the night to hand Uso the kind of beating he'd dolled out when the two were kids, abandoned Uso for much of the tag team main event before making a very opportunistic appearance to score the pinfall. Uso still seemed willing to embrace Reigns out of loyalty to their family, but there's a clear tension between the two ahead of the Sept. 27 pay-per-view, mostly a product of Reigns caring more abou...

Khloé Kardashian hasn't been taking the news well, regarding the recent cancellation of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. But the Good American mogul has her family to keep a smile on her face, as they bid farewell to a cultural phenomenon. She was ever the doting mom Friday, as she took to Instagram with some throwbacks of herself taking a dip with daughter True in some gorgeous blue waters from a recent tropical vacation. Taking a dip: Khloé Kardashian was ever the doting mom Friday, as she took to Instagram with some throwbacks of herself taking a dip with daughter True in some gorgeous blue waters from a recent tropical vacation The 36-year-old sported some chunky shades while holding her daughter, two, above the crystal clear surface, writing: 'Turquoise Water an...

Grissom suffered multiple blunt force injuries and died Tuesday, the Pierce County Medical-Examiner's Office in Tacoma, Washington, told CNN. He was a resident of University Place, Washington. "Bravo and the Top Chef family are saddened to learn about the passing of Chef Aaron Grissom from Season 12: Boston," a Bravo spokesperson said in a statement on its website. "Our deepest sympathy goes out to his family and friends." Grissom worked as a chef before competing on the show.