It is noted that the artist died on Sunday, August 29, in the hospital, the Premier expressed his condolences to the artist's family and friends.
Lee Perry was the pioneer of the dub genre in the 1970s.
In September 2020, it was reported that Jamaican singer and musician Toots Hibbert, one of the earliest reggae artists and leader of the Toots & the Maytals, had passed away in Jamaica at the age of 77.