{"id":130958,"date":"2026-01-27T09:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=130958"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T14:39:08","slug":"sly-dunbar-drummer-of-celebrated-reggae-duo-sly-robbie-dies-at-73-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=130958","title":{"rendered":"Sly Dunbar, Drummer Of Celebrated Reggae Duo Sly &#038; Robbie, Dies At 73 \u2013 Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\" https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=130958\" rel=\" https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=130958\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-130959 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sly-Dunbar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Karen Beishuizen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another legend is gone.<\/p>\n<p>Sly Dunbar, the legendary Jamaican drummer, died on 26 January. He was 73.<\/p>\n<p>He was born on May 10, 1952, in Kingston, Jamaica, and started playing drums at a young age, joining his first band at 15 and, in 1972, becoming friends with bassist Robbie Shakespeare. The duo became Sly &amp; Robbie and laid the foundation for Jamaican reggae. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>They played on records by Black Uhuru, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh and collaborated with Bob Dylan, Grace Jones, Joe Cocker, Herbie Hancock, Ian Dury, Marianne Faithfull, No Doubt, Simply Red, Sinead O&#8217; \u00c7onnor, and the Rolling Stones. They produced remixes for Madonna, Britney Spears, New Order and Fugees.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been estimated that, over the decades, Sly and Robbie played on more than 200,000 recordings<\/p>\n<p>Sly Dunbar was a 13-time Grammy Award nominee, first in 1985 for producing the Black Uhuru album \u201cAnthem\u201d and then in 1999 in the Best Reggae Album category for the Sly &amp; Robbie record \u201cFriends\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his wife and daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends their condolences to The Dunbar Family in their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full\" id=\"wpforms-126533\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-126533\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"126533\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F130958\" data-token=\"34630ff85b44fc64d4703242a2032773\" data-token-time=\"1777344582\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\">\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_4-container\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-id=\"4\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_4\" >Email or Name<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_4\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][4]\" >\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-name\" data-field-id=\"1\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\">Name <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><div class=\"wpforms-field-row wpforms-field-medium\"><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-first wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-first wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][first]\" required><label for=\"wpforms-126533-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">First<\/label><\/div><div class=\"wpforms-field-row-block wpforms-one-half\"><input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-name-last wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1][last]\" required><label for=\"wpforms-126533-field_1-last\" class=\"wpforms-field-sublabel after\">Last<\/label><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_2\">Email <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-126533-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" spellcheck=\"false\" required><\/div><div id=\"wpforms-126533-field_3-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-textarea\" data-field-id=\"3\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-126533-field_3\">Comment or Message<\/label><textarea id=\"wpforms-126533-field_3\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][3]\" ><\/textarea><\/div><script>\n\t\t\t\t( function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tconst style = document.createElement( 'style' );\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle.appendChild( document.createTextNode( '#wpforms-126533-field_4-container { position: absolute !important; 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Sly Dunbar, the legendary Jamaican drummer, died on 26 January. He was 73. He was born on May 10, 1952, in Kingston, Jamaica, and started playing drums at a young age, joining his first band at 15 and, in 1972, becoming friends with bassist Robbie Shakespeare. 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