Posted: under "A TASTE of the TROPICS", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know".
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Jamaica’s
“Miss World 1976″
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Jamaican beauty, “Miss World 1976″, Cindy Breakspeare, as she appeared on the cover of the Miss World 1977 Souvenir Program
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Jazz musician and Miss World 1976 Cindy Breakspeare is the mother of Bob Marley’s son Damian Robert Nesta “Junior Gong” Marley (born July 21, 1978 in Kingston, Jamaica). He grew up to become a three time Grammy-winning reggae artist.
Stunning Cindy Breakspeare in official “Miss World” regalia in 1976
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Elegant Cindy Breakspeare attending “Miss World 50th Anniversary” in London, 2000
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Feb 19 2012
Posted: under "Jazzy REGGAE ~ Irie Riddim".
Tags: abroad, Africa, age, aid, album, America, artist, awards, band, bank, beauty, belief, birth, birthday, black, blacks, Bob Marley, brain, bridge, Canada, cancer, career, Caribbean, celebrity, cemetery, charity, check, child, children, Cindy Breakspeare, club, color, colors, competition, contest, contribution, country, crown, dad, Damian Marley, dance, destination, donation, dreadlocks, duty, earth, era, faith, family, father, festival, Florida, foreign, freedom, funds, ghost, gift, girl, global, globe, grammy, granny, group, guitarist, health, highway, history, home, House, humanitarian, humanity, icon, international, island, Jamaica, Jamaican, job, journey, Julian Marley, Kingston, labor, land, legend, life, lifestyle, lifetime, lion, loan, love, Miami, mind, Miss Jamaica, Miss Universe, Miss World, money, mother, mother-in-law, music, musician, nation, obituary, paradise, party, path, peace, performance, period, present, principle, queen, race, rasta, rastafarian, reggae, road, school, sexy, Shabba Ranks, shepherd, show, skill, son, sound, Stephen Marley, talent, task, team, time, title, token, tour, tourist, travel, trip, unity, universe, voice, winner, wonder, work, world, youth
Damian Marley
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Damian Robert Nesta “Junior Gong” Marley (born July 21, 1978), is a reggae artist, a humanitarian, and the youngest son of the late reggae legend Bob Marley. He has won three Grammy awards.
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Damian was two years old when his father died; he is the only child born to Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976. Damian’s nickname Junior Gong is derived from his father’s nickname of Tuff Gong. Damian has been performing since the age of 13. He shares, along with most of the Marley family, a full-time career in music. Unlike his brothers and sisters, however, his musical specialty is “toasting”, a Jamaican vocal technique that is a predecessor to rapping.
Personal life and beliefs
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Born as Damian Marley, he was nicknamed “Jr. Gong” in honor of his legendary father, Bob “Tuff Gong” Marley. He has 13-half siblings total; 11 on his father’s side and 2 on his mother’s side. Damian was only two years old when his father died, killed by the spread of melanoma to his
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Feb 19 2012
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: actor, actress, African-American, age, album, America, American, artist, awards, beauty, belt, black, blacks, blessings, bliss, bracelet, career, celebration, celebrity, cemetery, ceremony, chic, child, classic, color, colors, companion, concert, couple, dad, dance, dancer, day, designer, diamonds, diva, dress, earrings, earth, era, eyes, family, fan, fans, fashion, father, film, focus, gala, generation, genius, ghost, gift, girl, global, globe, gold, gown, grammy, granny, hair, hairdo, hairstyle, happiness, history, Hollywood, honor, hotel, husband, icon, Idol, inspiration, jewelry, joy, land, leather, legacy, legend, life, lifestyle, lifetime, magazine, Mathematics, memories, model, motel, mother, mother-in-law, movie, music, nation, necklace, New York, New York City, obituary, pants, parents, partner, party, pearls, performance, period, present, pumps, queen, race, red carpet, rhythm, salute, Saturday, show, singer, smiles, soul, sound, spouse, style, success, suit, surprise, talent, time, title, token, universe, voice, Whitney Houston, wife, winner, world
Whitney Houston (1963 - 2012)
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As would be expected from one of the most successful female singers of all time, Whitney Houston earned 26 Grammy nominations and six wins throughout her career. Here is a look back at some of her Grammy appearances over the years…
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Whitney Houston at the 36th Annual GRAMMY Awards on March 1, 1994 in New York City, New York. That year she won Album of the Year and Record of the Year for The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack and “I Will Always Love You.”
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Feb 12 2012
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
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Whitney Houston arrives to the “The love of R&B Grammy Party” at Tru Hollywood on February 9, 2012 in Hollywood, California.
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Feb 12 2012
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", "LOVE is LOVELY".
Tags: African-American, age, America, Aretha Franklin, awards, baby, beaches, beauty, black, blacks, bliss, bracelet, bride, celebrity, ceremony, companion, couple, designer, diamonds, dinner, dress, earrings, elderly, engagement, era, family, fashion, Florida, friends, friendship, gift, gown, grammy, groom, hair, hairdo, hairstyle, happiness, history, holiday, Hollywood, humor, husband, icon, Idol, jewelry, journey, joy, lake, laughter, legend, life, lipstick, love, make-up, man, marriage, Miami, music, necklace, new year, ocean, partner, path, performer, period, pond, pool, present, pumps, queen, Queen of Soul, reception, ring, rivers, road, sea, season, seniors, singer, smiles, spouse, stream, style, suit, summer, surprise, time, token, tour, tourist, travel, trip, updo, voice, water, wedding, wife, winner, woman
Aretha Franklin is engaged….
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Aretha Franklin is engaged to longtime friend William “Willie” Wilkerson.
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The Grammy-winning singer said in a statement Monday that she and Wilkerson are considering a summer wedding, perhaps in Miami Beach, Florida. The Queen of Soul wants to follow the ceremony with a reception on a private yacht.
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The 69-year-old jokes: “No, I’m not pregnant.”
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Franklin and Wilkerson became engaged over the holidays.
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Jan 03 2012
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", Inspirationals.
Tags: 'King of Pop', actor, actress, admiration, African-American, America, American, appearance, artist, awards, beauty, black, blacks, celebration, celebrity, cemetery, color, colors, culture, dancer, designer, entertainer, family, fan, fans, fashion, film, friends, genius, ghost, glove, gold, grammy, heart, Hollywood, honor, icon, Idol, inspiration, King, legend, life, love, memorial, memories, Michael Jackson, movie, music, obituary, opportunity, pants, performer, philanthropist, pop star, race, recording artist, red carpet, respect, service, show, singer, smiles, star, style, suit, superstar, talent, video, winner, world
Friends, family, and fans gathered at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate the life of Michael Jackson.
Mariah Carey re-teamed with Trey Lorenz for a rousing duet of the Jackson 5 classic “I’ll Be There.” The duo originally performed the song in 1992 during Mariah’s award-winning “MTV Unplugged” appearance.
Lionel Richie serenaded the packed house with a gospel-infused number.
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