11.May.1981 Bob Marley

Bob Marley's musical legacy may be waning 30 years after his death as Jamaica's youth prefers dancehall to reggae, but the singer remains a cult, if highly commercialized, figure.
Marley has become a merchandiser's dream, with everything from shoes to snowboards bearing his image, but his friends say it would be tragic if his message of justice for the oppressed gets lost to corporate greed.
"He was never about commercialism," one friend, Herbie Miller, told AFP. "Money was not his greatest motivation."