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ENTERTAINMENT | When the Riddim Stopped: Jamaica Loses "Sly", the Drummer Who Defined Its Sound

The rhythmic architect of reggae's global conquest dies at 73, leaving a void no drum kit can fill

By Staff Writer | WiredJa | January 26, 2026

The hands that drove the heartbeat of reggae music fell silent this morning. Lowell Fillmore "Sly" Dunbar, one half of the most consequential rhythm section in Jamaican musical history, died at his Kingston home. He was 73.

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Drummer Lowell Fillmore “Sly” Dunbar, who with the late Robbie Shakespeare formed the iconic reggae rhythm section Sly and Robbie, has died at the age of 73
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