REGGAE ICON COCOA TEA PASSES AWAY AT 65

Jamaican singer-songwriter Colvin Scott, popularly known by his stage name Cocoa Tea, has died at the age of 65.

The reggae legend passed away on Tuesday morning at a hospital in Florida after suffering a cardiac arrest, his wife, Malvia Scott told The Jamaica Gleaner. “I got a call early this morning to say that he had been transferred from the facility to the hospital…which is like five minutes away…because he was vomiting,” Malvia said. 

Adding, “He was initially diagnosed with lymphoma in 2019, but for the last six months he was also struggling with pneumonia. He was definitely very brave,” she added. “He was positive throughout it all. About three weeks ago when he was admitted in the hospital he asked if I was worried and I said, ‘I am always worried.’ He told me not to worry because everything was going to be alright. He was always very hopeful.”

Born on September 3, 1959, in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, Scott rose to prominence in the Jamaican reggae scene in 1985 and later gained international fame in the 1990s.