The National Library of Jamaica's Digital Collection preserves this photograph, taken by Daily News photographer Alvin Jones, documenting the crowd waiting to view Bob Marley's body at the National Arena in May 1981; the item's own description cites contemporary police sources calling the crowd the largest gathering of people ever seen in Jamaica, larger than the funeral of National Hero Alexander Bustamante.
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Reliability Tier1
Jamaica's national library archive, tier 1, used here as independent institutional confirmation of the National Arena setting and the scale of the crowd, corroborated by The Wailers' own detailed account of the funeral's officials and order of service below. NotesUsed for the National Arena setting, the May 1981 date, and contemporary police estimates of the crowd's size relative to National Hero Bustamante's funeral.
Citation
PublisherNational Library of Jamaica
URLhttps://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm/items/show/9622
Source Typerepository catalogue
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This source names Jamaica directly: "The National Library of Jamaica's Digital Collection preserves this photograph, taken by Daily News photographer Alvin Jones, documenting the crowd waiting to view Bob Marley's body at the National..."
Source Official Funeral Service of Robert 'Bob' Nesta Marley (National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection)
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Spread Events, 3 claims: 2 holds, 1 general references.
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