Peter Morgan, lead singer of reggae siblings act Morgan Heritage, dies at 46

San Juan, Puerto Rico — Peter Anthony Morgan, lead singer of the favored reggae band Morgan Heritage that he based with 4 siblings, died Sunday at 46, his household stated. The household requested for privateness and thanked folks upfront for his or her love and assist. The assertion posted on social media didn’t share a explanation for loss of life.

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness wrote on social media that his “coronary heart is heavy” over the information. He known as Morgan’s loss of life a “colossal loss” for Jamaica and reggae music.

Morgan, generally known as “Peetah,” was a son of famend Jamaican reggae singer Denroy Morgan. He and his siblings fashioned Morgan Heritage in 1994, and the band received a Grammy for finest reggae album in 2016 for “Strictly Roots.”

“His voice was so particular and his contribution to Reggae music globally was unimaginable,” veteran British reggae deejay David Rodigan stated in a social media post, noting that he was “shocked and saddened” to study of Morgan’s loss of life.

One in every of Morgan’s brothers, Roy “Gramps” Morgan, moved to Tennessee, the place he aimed to introduce Nashville to reggae.

“Should you observe reggae music and nation music, it is loads of storytelling,” Morgan instructed The Related Press in 2018. “In reggae, we inform the story of individuals struggling.”

The opposite siblings who helped discovered the band have been Una Morgan, Nakhamyah “Lukes” Morgan and Memmalatel “Mr. Mojo” Morgan.