MUMBAI: Reggae singer William ‘Bunny Rugs’ Clarke bid adieu to the world after he died of leukemia at his home in Florida. The Mandeville star who was born on 6 February was 65 years old.
Bunny Rugs, also known as Bunny Scott, was the lead singer of Jamaican reggae band ‘Third World’.
According to reports, former bandmate Colin Leslie said the singer died Sunday in Orlando a week after he was released from a hospital following cancer treatment. In the past, health troubles forced him to miss some of the shows on Third World’s 40th anniversary tour in 2013. It was then that he was diagnosed with cancer.
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The husky singer began his career in the mid 1960s and was also at one time, a member of Inner Circle and was half of the duo ‘Bunny and Ricky’.
Clarke joined Third World in 1976, and in the following year, the band released “96 Degrees in the Shade,” one of its most popular albums. Along with his band performance, he continued recording as a solo artist, releasing the Jack Scorpio-produced ‘Talking to You’ album in 1995, with guest contributions from Papa San, Cobra and General Trees.
He had also contributed to the Easy Star’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band album in 2009 with a version of ‘Lovely Rita’ recorded with U-Roy. Albums like ‘To Love Somebody’ (1975), ‘Talking to You’ (1995), ‘Bunny Rugs On Soul’ (2000), ‘What a World’ (2006), ‘I’m Sure’ (2007) and ‘Time’ (2012) are few of his works.
He is survived by his wife and eight children.
