{"id":155702,"date":"2024-02-26T04:43:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T04:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/26\/morgan-heritage-lead-singer-peter-anthony-morgan-dead\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T04:43:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T04:43:51","slug":"morgan-heritage-lead-singer-peter-anthony-morgan-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/26\/morgan-heritage-lead-singer-peter-anthony-morgan-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Heritage lead singer Peter Anthony Morgan dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Peter Anthony Morgan, the lead singer of the Jamaican reggae band Morgan Heritage, a Grammy Award-winning group, has died.<\/p>\n<p>He was 46, The Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Morgan\u2019s family confirmed his death in a statement on the band\u2019s social media platforms. It did not give a cause of death and information about his survivors was not immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>The statement described him as a husband, father, son and brother.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Morgan, known as \u201cPeetah,\u201d started Morgan Heritage with some of his siblings in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>For some early albums, including \u201cProtect Us Jah\u201d (1997) and \u201cDon\u2019t Haffi Dread\u201d (1999), Morgan Heritage worked with Bobby Digital, one of Jamaica\u2019s most influential producers.<\/p>\n<p>At the 2015 Grammys, the band\u2019s album \u201cStrictly Roots\u201d won for Best Reggae Album of the year. Its album \u201cAvrakedabra\u201d was up for the same award two years later, but lost out to \u201cStony Hill\u201d by Damian Marley, a son of Bob Marley.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Anthony Morgan, the lead singer of the Jamaican reggae band Morgan Heritage, a Grammy Award-winning group, has died. He was 46, The Associated Press reported. Mr. Morgan\u2019s family confirmed his death in a statement on the band\u2019s social media platforms. 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