FILE – Reggae singer Peter Anthony Morgan of Morgan Heritage performs on the on the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage pageant Saturday, Might 4, 2002, in New Orleans. Peter Morgan, lead singer of the favored reggae band Morgan Heritage that he based with 5 siblings, died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, at age 46, his household introduced. Morgan, often called “Peetah,” was a son of famend Jamaican reggae singer Denroy Morgan. (AP Picture/Douglas Mason, File)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Peter Anthony Morgan, lead singer of the favored reggae band Morgan Heritage that he based with 4 siblings, died Sunday at 46, his household stated.
The household requested for privateness and thanked individuals prematurely for his or her love and help. The assertion posted on social media didn’t share a explanation for dying.
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness wrote on the X social media platform that his “coronary heart is heavy” over the information. He referred to as Morgan’s dying a “colossal loss” for Jamaica and reggae music.
Morgan, often called “Peetah,” was a son of famend Jamaican reggae singer Denroy Morgan.
He and his siblings fashioned Morgan Heritage in 1994, and the band received a Grammy for finest reggae album in 2016 for “Strictly Roots.”
Considered one of his brothers, Roy “Gramps” Morgan, moved to Tennessee, the place he aimed to introduce Nashville to reggae.
“When you observe reggae music and nation music, it’s loads of storytelling,” Morgan told The Associated Press in 2018. “In reggae we inform the story of individuals struggling.”
The opposite siblings who helped discovered the band have been Una Morgan, Nakhamyah “Lukes” Morgan and Memmalatel “Mr. Mojo” Morgan.
