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Bob Marley's son 'deprived of fortune'

March 18, 2010 Edition 1

MIAMI: A son of reggae legend Bob Marley, Ky-Mani Marley, has written a new book claiming he was deprived of his father's fortune for years by the reggae star's widow.

Ky-Mani Marley's Dear Dad hit booksellers' stands February 6, when the late reggae icon would have turned 65.

The book's cover says it contains the "story the Marley family apparently didn't want you to know".

Dear Dad claims its author was kept from accessing his father's fortune by Marley's widow Rita. It also claims Rita Marley tried to keep the money for her children with Marley, while denying financial support to his children with six other women. - Sapa-AFP