Derrick Harriott, pioneering reggae singer and producer, has died
Derrick Harriott, the pioneering ska, rocksteady and reggae singer and record producer, has died. He was 87. Dorrel Mattocks, operator of the Derrick Harriott Music Store, located in Twin Gates Plaza, St Andrew, confirmed to The Gleaner that the veteran singer died at home about 1am Saturday. "He was sick and was in and out of hospital,” said Mattocks. “He recently came out of hospital and was back home. When I got the call I drove straight to the house," he added. Harriott was born in Kingston on February 6, 1939.
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