Reggae star Junior Delgado has died in London at the age of
46. A spokesman has said that although his demise was unexpected, it is believed to be as a result of natural causes.
The artist, real name Oscar Hibbert, released his debut album 'Taste of the Young Heart' in 1978, and during his thirty year career recorded with such talents as Lee Perry, Sly and Robbie and
Dennis Brown, releasing music regularly through his own label as well as continuing to perform frequent live dates. In the eighties he courted controversy with the release of single 'Broadwater
Farm', which correctly predicted violence on the north London housing estate. He had recently released a new album, 'Invisible
Music'.