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Say a prayer for ‘The Godfather of Rocksteady’
Alton Ellis, the man acclaimed as ‘The Godfather of Rocksteady’, has, for several weeks now, been in hospital in London undergoing treatment for cancer of the lymph glands and is scheduled to start chemotherapy soon.

“His kids and wife were keeping vigil at his bedside,” said the singer’s nephew, comedian Owen ‘Blacka’ Ellis, in an e-mail to this reporter. “It is looking more hopeful now.”

Alton Neamiah Ellis was born 63 years ago and is regarded as one of Jamaica’s finest musical treasures for almost 50 years.

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