Peter Anthony “Peetah” Morgan, lead singer of the Grammy-winning family reggae band Morgan Heritage, died Sunday of undisclosed causes. He was 46.
A cause of death was not disclosed.
His death, which Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness called a “colossal loss” for Jamaica and reggae music, was announced on social media by Morgan’s family members. The group has family roots in Jamaica, Brooklyn and Springfield, Massachusetts.
Peetah Morgan founded the Morgan Heritage band with seven siblings – all children of the Jamaica-born singer Denroy Morgan – in 1994, though the group would eventually become a five-member band. Known for its melding of classic reggae with rock, soul, calypso, funk and other genres, Morgan Heritage became one of the genre’s leading vocal groups.
Morgan Heritage won a Best Reggae Album Grammy in 2016 for its 2015 album Strictly Roots. Avrakedabra, its 2017 album, was Grammy-nominated in 2018.
Complete survivor information was not immediately available, but the family...
A cause of death was not disclosed.
His death, which Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness called a “colossal loss” for Jamaica and reggae music, was announced on social media by Morgan’s family members. The group has family roots in Jamaica, Brooklyn and Springfield, Massachusetts.
Peetah Morgan founded the Morgan Heritage band with seven siblings – all children of the Jamaica-born singer Denroy Morgan – in 1994, though the group would eventually become a five-member band. Known for its melding of classic reggae with rock, soul, calypso, funk and other genres, Morgan Heritage became one of the genre’s leading vocal groups.
Morgan Heritage won a Best Reggae Album Grammy in 2016 for its 2015 album Strictly Roots. Avrakedabra, its 2017 album, was Grammy-nominated in 2018.
Complete survivor information was not immediately available, but the family...
- 2/26/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Peter Anthony Morgan, the lead singer of the reggae band Morgan Heritage, has died. The artist, who often went by “Peetah,” was 46 years old, according to reports from the Associated Press, though the statement shared on social media by his family did not specify his age.
“It is out of sincere love that we share that our beloved husband, father, son, and brother and lead singer of Morgan Heritage Peter Anthony Morgan has ascended today,” the statement from Morgan’s family read. “Jah come and save us from ourselves because love is the only way.
“It is out of sincere love that we share that our beloved husband, father, son, and brother and lead singer of Morgan Heritage Peter Anthony Morgan has ascended today,” the statement from Morgan’s family read. “Jah come and save us from ourselves because love is the only way.
- 2/26/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
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