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One Love, but lots of cash

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Nov 25, 2009 Updated Nov 26, 2009

He died almost 30 years ago, but reggae legend Bob Marley is still making money.

Last year alone, pirated merchandise featuring the late singer's image was estimated to be worth more than $600 million.

Now the Marley estate has struck a deal with a Canadian private-equity firm that is predicted to generate global annual sales of more than $US1 billion by 2012.

Fortune magazine has reported that the Marley brand will be launched next year, featuring herbal(!) health-care products as well as headphones, speakers and a video game.

Plans are also afoot for a worldwide chain of One Love cafes featuring reggae music and Jamaican food.

Source: Sydney Morning Herald external link

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Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers (1963–1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited with helping spread both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement...

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