Lloyd Knibb, an influential Jamaican drummer who played with The Skatalites and helped develop the ska beat, has died.
He was 80.
Knibb?s widow, Enid said he died from liver cancer late Thursday.
Knibb had been receiving treatment in the United States but returned to Jamaica this week, she said.
Knibb was an original member of The Skatalites, a Jamaican ska and reggae band created in 1964.
His frenetic style was one of the band's hallmarks and is best heard on songs including "Guns of Navarone" and "Freedom Sounds."
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