Third World lead singer William 'Bunny Rugs' Clarke is Dead

Third World lead singer William 'Bunny Rugs' Clarke has died at the age of 65. The singer who was battling cancer, died last night in a hospital in Orlando, Florida.

His passing comes a few months after he had to drop out of the band’s 40th anniversary tour of Europe due to illness.

Clarke was born in Mandeville, where his career began in the mid-1960s. He was a member of Inner Circle and the duo Bunny & Ricky. In 1976 he replaced Milton "Prilly" Hamilton in as the lead singer of Third World and recorded the successful 96° in the Shade album, and he has been with the band ever since.

On February 6 the Bunny Rugs’ would have been 66.

February 6, 1948 - February 2, 2014
Rest In Peace

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