Jo Mersa Marley’s death have been revealed.Joseph “Jo Mersa” Marley — son of musician Stephen Marley and the grandson of reggae legend Bob Marley — died at 31 on Dec.
26 after being found unresponsive in a vehicle.In documents obtained by Rolling Stone from the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office Tuesday, Marley reportedly died of “acute asthma exacerbation” after being infected by a rhinovirus or enterovirus.Marley had a history of asthma, bronchitis and pneumonia, and was not taking his asthma medication at the time of his death, according to the magazine.
The report also noted that he had a history of smoking, and had “enlarged glottic tonsils” as well as black discoloration in his lungs.At the time of his death, South Florida Caribbean radio station WZPP reported the musician suffered an asthma attack in a post on Instagram.
A toxicology report found THC — the chemical in marijuana — as well as naloxone and 0.08% of ethanol in Marley’s system at the time of his death, per Rolling Stone.“An acute asthma exacerbation due to viral illness is a common occurrence and considered a non-allergic event,” the medical examiner’s report stated. “Additionally, chronic smoking of combustible products such as tobacco or marijuana is dangerous in a person with asthma.”Marley had spoken to his mother the day before his death, on Christmas Day, and “informed her he was feeling ill, ostensibly due to his asthma,” according to Rolling Stone.
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