Stranger Cole, the Jamaican singer who was a big part of the ska and rocksteady boom in the ’60s, has passed away. Jamaica Observer reports that Cole died at Kingston’s University Hospital Of The West Indies on Thursday. Cole’s son Wilburn “Squiddly” Cole says that his father was admitted to the hospital two weeks ago after a long illness, but he didn’t reveal the cause of Cole’s death. Cole was 83.
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