On This Day, May 11th in 1981: Bob Marley died of lung cancer and a brain tumor at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami. He was only 36 years old – way too young to go. According to his entry in the Wikipedia, Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited for helping spread Jamaican music to a worldwide audience. Favorite Bob Marley song: “No Woman, No Cry.”