Six months after the death of Bob Marley's grandson, Jo Mersa Marley, details about the causes of his sudden death were known last 26 from December to 2022 in Miami.
According to information released by the magazine Rolling Stone, the musician of 31 years passed away for a “acute exacerbation of asthma” -an asthma attack- after being infected with a rhinovirus or enterovirus, which often presents with symptoms of the common cold, this according to documents from the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office.
The aforementioned report asserts that the son of Stephen Marley It was found “unconscious” inside your car, in the parking lot of a shopping center and He was pronounced dead after CPR was performed on him..
The medical examiner's office states in the document that Marley had a history of asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia and had not used the medications prescribed for his asthma diagnosis at the time of his death. Likewise, was seen at a hospital in Florida in March, months before his death, for a chest abscess, add the revealed report.
“An acute exacerbation of asthma due to a viral illness is a common occurrence and is considered a non-allergic event.”, express the document, which adds that during Christmas, the day before his death, Marley talked to her mother and “told him that he felt ill, apparently due to his asthma”.
While, the body had no evidence of injuries, although his lung showed signs of congestion, hyperexpansion and increase of mucus in its air waves, With “enlarged glottic tonsils” and black discoloration in her lungs, as a result of smoking.
